4.2.1 - Radio Priority
Communications concerning immediate threats to life, officer distress, urgent hazards, and active critical incidents receive priority over routine administrative or supervisory traffic, regardless of rank. Scene Command, Dispatch, and supervisory personnel may control transmissions as required to manage an active incident, subject to emergency life-safety interruptions.4.2.2 - Emergency Interruptions
When urgent information must interrupt ongoing radio traffic, transmit:“Break, Break, Break”or
“10-3, Emergency Traffic”Immediately provide the necessary emergency message, including location, nature of the emergency, and resources needed when possible. Other units shall yield airtime unless providing information essential to the emergency.
4.2.3 - Returning to Normal Traffic
When emergency traffic is finished, the declaring unit, Dispatch, or Scene Command should announce:“Resume normal traffic.”Units shall not assume the emergency is resolved merely because transmissions pause.