An interesting idea, although I'm not sure where you got the idea that the first rule for EMT's is that the patient doesn't get to think for themselves as it's not accurate at all. We can't force otherwise competent people to accept medical care.

Forcing people to be evacuated will open up yet another whole set of legal issues.

Truthfully, the box has already been opened, I don't think there really is a solution to the problem. You can't mandate more intelligence, you can't force people to be more qualified before they attempt things beyond their grasp. You can't stop the market place from developing and selling items that can be used by stupid people in a manner not in keeping with the original design of the product.

This, the use of SPOT technology, is going to bring about some drastic changes in rescue/SAR/evacuation procedures, you heard it here first.