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+10 on this. Don't make it complicated. There was a previous thread on this a month ago. In my part of the Pacific Northwest, many people agreed on using FRS channel 1, no Tones. That still works often and well. And great advice on leaving something in the vehicle or trailer that mentions the radio information being used. 
Near Mount Baker, Washington there was an incident about a decade ago where a hiker was using Morse Code, and the Auxiliary Communications Service had decided they did not need a CW key for HF, as most people were new "hams" and passed the No Code test. I walk into the room and heard this, then I told them to switch to "CW" and PTT as if it were Morse Code.....you could hear a pin drop. Keep everything life safety related stupid simple, it may save your life.

Wyoming has a lot of outdoor recreation and the SAR teams have found GMRS to be quite helpful because most people use it for group communication anyway. In case of an emergency, SAR teams can contact the victims on GMRS. Wyoming has a big push to publicize standardization of 307 (the area code for the WHOLE state) as the standard for the public to contact SAR in the field once an emergency is declared. They ask that the victims tune their GMRS/FRS to channel 3 and enter privacy code 7. The actual details are at https://hls.wyo.gov/307. 
Does it works? Check out this FB link https://www.facebook.com/103003218816456/posts/135907112192733/. In truth, this case was successful and was aided by the use of GMRS, although the victims apparently weren't aware of the 307 standard. 
My family and friends spend a lot of time in the back country. I always carry an Iridium GPS and, now that the state Homeland Security is encouraging use GMRS, I just got my license and a Wouxun 935G.
Have you guys seen similar standards encouraged in your states?

I was wondering the same thing. I’m a local in Wyoming and I just accidentally ran across this local “standard”. I was thinking it may be more effective to put up some posters in the outdoor motorsports rental company offices and maybe at the National Forest offices. I like the billboard idea though!