§ 95.143   Managing a GMRS system in an emergency.

   (a) The stations in a GMRS system must cease transmitting when the station
   operator of any station on the same channel is communicating an emergency
   message (concerning the immediate protection of property or the safety of
   someone's life).

   (b) If necessary to communicate an emergency message from a station in a
   GMRS system, the licensee may permit:

   (1) Anyone to be the station operator (see § 95.179); and

   (2) The station operator to communicate the emergency message to any radio
   station.

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