Any penalty that "makes an example out of someone" is by definition not fair and not justice

If it wasn't for the unprepared going off and getting lost, search and rescue teams would have to pay people to get lost. Airplanes sometimes crash and other things that are not the fault of the unprepared, so we need those teams and we need them practiced.

This is cheaper than planning realistic training, and the unprepared is better training as well.

I don't really think that kind of deferred deterrent works against stupid or desperate. The guy decided to burn a whole tree. In an arid setting.

So the lesson is just die instead of take the chance? That's what this "deterrent" will get you.