[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 47, Volume 5]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 47CFR95.143]



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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)

 

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.