Eh, their lives aren't at risk at the rates of actual blue collar professions like logging, roofing etc. and these jobs have lower prestige and benefits as well.
A little tax-payer funded training in the form of practice runs doesn't sound like a bad thing either.
SAR groups are often unpaid volunteers and at a minimum will be eating some of their weekend off to respond… unless those loggers are unpaid prison labor what you say is false.
A little tax-payer funded training in the form of practice runs doesn't sound like a bad thing either.