Werner, is YOSAR contracting rescues now?

Someone tell me where I apply to work for this Redpoint company?

Swelling visitation is driving the search-and-rescue numbers. Bryce Canyon grew from 1.4 million visitors in 2014 to 2.5 million last year. In that same span, Zion shot up from 3.1 million visitors to 4.5 million.

According to the Salt Lake Tribune article cited by Jody's Fox News article, the increase in SARs--at least in Utah--are attributable to an increase in visitation rates:

One day of US military cost is equivalent to 50 years of SAR operational cost in all US national parks

In 2012, concerned by decreasing budgets and an increasing number of calls for help, California, which fields the most search-and-rescue calls of any state, started tracking missions initiated by PLBs and SENDs. From 2013 to 2014, they increased from 53 to 87, and 36 of those 2014 calls were either accidental or nonemergency. Even more alarming are stats from the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center, the first recipient of distress calls from PLBs. Although the air force center averages one life saved every 36 hours, 80 percent of its calls are false alarms.

However, it is not just U.S. residents who are guilty of crying wolf. Australia had the world's highest per capita use of rescue beacons as of 2012. That year, only 109 out of 1,700 activations were genuine emergencies.

Probably closer to an hour if you include all of the "off-budget" murdering and assisted murdering.