NH has a HikeSafe card. With it the chance of being charged goes way down - pretty much to zero - because you are contributing to the F&G SAR Fund.
Snowmobile through the ice is a private recovery... and not considered in the same manner. It would be like the jet ski sinking - private recovery would be the outcome.
He is lucky that it was DOT, had they called the local Fire Department, his insurance would get a bill.
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