[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 5, Parts 80 to End]
[Revised as of October 1, 1999]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR95.143]

[Page 519]

                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

PART 95--PERSONAL RADIO SERVICES--Table of Contents

             Subpart A--General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS)

Sec. 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 Sec. 95.179); and
    (2) The station operator to communicate the emergency message to any
radio station.