Susan, this is a great way to create a monstrous bureaucracy and eventually impede the delivery of emergency services.

A good many of the situations to which I have responded were, in hindsight, essentially unnecessary and frivolous, in hindsight (which is always perfect). What did we do? We shrugged our shoulders and chalked it up to training. What is benign and nonthreatening to one individual may be incredibly frightening to another with a different background.

Many SAR situations begin in a very benign, humdrum manner, with no hint whatever of serious problems. Many SAR responders can recount situations where they realize that an earlier, more aggressive response would have made an important difference in the outcome.

Bear in mind that many SAR operations are basically volunteer in nature, and the cost to the community is fairly small. Be aware that many agencies (the NPS is one for certain) have policies in place that do permit charging for the really extreme frivolous calls that can develop. Out and out false alarms are, I believe, in most jurisdictions, criminal behavior.

I doubt very much that GPS is luring unprepared people into the outdoors. Unprepared folks have been venturing into sticky territory long before GPS, etc. came along.

As for "Doers making it too easy for the Users, who then multiply like rats" there is a very effective solution that is often implemented. It is called training and education. our group always had a proactive education program which got good information to the community. Over time, it paid off.