Charging for rescues—something which is sometimes advocated and even put into practice in the US—only means that people in possible danger put off calling for help, knowing they can receive a bill for thousands of dollars.
And using the same logic, how soon before rescue workers are expected to ask the relatives of the missing if they can pay for the rescue before any search teams are dispatched?
Nothing wrong with charging for the rescue, it wasn’t that long ago that you had to pay for ambulance rides and your own doctor visits.......we all survived. Actually better than that, we thrived.