equipment tracking

June 11, 2015 forum topics
I am wondering how everyone is keeping track of equipment. All of my previous stations assigned gear to photographers and OMBs. My current station assigned gear in the past, but that was when we had 7 photographers and 7 sets of gear. Now we have 3 photographers and 6-8 OMBs for 8 sets of gear. We can’t assign the gear anymore because we don’t have enough to go around. Sometimes we have to borrow cameras from other departments. We tried the sign-out sheet but people would come in and sneak out equipment. They would break it and leave it for the next person. We can’t be here at all times to see who is following the rules. Also, we don’t have the money to get more gear or get surveillance systems. Any ideas?