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I was working on prescribed fire as in controlled wildfire to support ecosystem function. The wind changed in expectedly. The fire jumped containment. We switch into actual firefighting mode for a solid 1/2 hour. Then the wind switches back to predictions. Problem solved. Mop up of the slopover still takes hours and it gets dark.
As we get back to the truck, keys are dropped and kicked in an attempt to catch them. There is tall grass everywhere. We search for an hour in the dark after an exhausting day for our only way to go home. Keys are found. We work at dawn the next day. Not my worst day in the office, just the least predictable.
Always carry a magnet with you.
I work in installations where vegetation is allowed to grow nearly wild, except for the mandatory twice a year cut and I've had a situation like the one you describe, with a very important key falling out of a pocket.
We also usually carry a large magnet around, to pull open iron covers. It's about 15cm wide and 2cm thick. It can pull.
The key just vanishes into the plants covering the ground. We fetch the magnet, point it into the general direction of where we think we heard the key fall and cross our fingers. We were rewarded with a very satisfying metalic ding after a few passes.
Then it was the hassle of prying the key from the magnet.
Next time put the magnet in a plastic bag.
Next time, I'll chain the key to my belt.
And if you're using an emergency vehicle in a potential emergency situation, leave the keys in the vehicle. No chains, no magnets. Just a truck ready to move. It is the standard operating procedure for good reason.
That's good advice. I'll keep that in mind. It's not my case, fortunately, but regardless.
I've had the opposite nearly happening to me once. The vehicles we normally use are normal cars. And there is a stupid tendency for new cars to don't have the option to turn off the autolock function. I was almost locked outside a car, with the key in the ignition. There was no immediate or potential danger in the situation but it was stupid nonetheless.