diff --git a/examples/companion_radio/BotPolicy.cpp b/examples/companion_radio/BotPolicy.cpp
index bd3fc6c7..1cf75c73 100644
--- a/examples/companion_radio/BotPolicy.cpp
+++ b/examples/companion_radio/BotPolicy.cpp
@@ -26,16 +26,26 @@ bool equalsIgnoreCase(const char* value, size_t len, const char* expected) {
   return true;
 }
 
+bool equalsExact(const char* value, size_t len, const char* expected) {
+  if (!value || !expected) return false;
+  size_t expected_len = strlen(expected);
+  if (len != expected_len) return false;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+    if (value[i] != expected[i]) return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
 }
 
 namespace BotPolicy {
 
 BotChannelKind classifyChannel(const char* name, size_t len, bool direct_message) {
   if (direct_message) return BOT_CHANNEL_DM;
-  if (equalsIgnoreCase(name, len, "Public")) return BOT_CHANNEL_PUBLIC;
+  if (equalsExact(name, len, "Public")) return BOT_CHANNEL_PUBLIC;
   if (equalsIgnoreCase(name, len, "#bot")) return BOT_CHANNEL_BOT;
   if (equalsIgnoreCase(name, len, "#testing")) return BOT_CHANNEL_TESTING;
-  if (equalsIgnoreCase(name, len, "#emergency")) return BOT_CHANNEL_EMERGENCY;
+  if (equalsExact(name, len, "#emergency")) return BOT_CHANNEL_EMERGENCY;
   return BOT_CHANNEL_OTHER;
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/companion_radio/BotTypes.h b/examples/companion_radio/BotTypes.h
index a7575a7c..1e6f72c1 100644
--- a/examples/companion_radio/BotTypes.h
+++ b/examples/companion_radio/BotTypes.h
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
 #define BOT_GROUP_RESPONSE_PREFIX_RESERVE (BOT_MAX_SENDER_NAME_LEN + 2)
 #define BOT_MAX_GROUP_RESPONSE_LEN (BOT_MAX_TEXT_LEN - BOT_GROUP_RESPONSE_PREFIX_RESERVE)
 #define BOT_COMMAND_COOLDOWN_MILLIS 5000UL
+#define BOT_EMERGENCY_PREFIX "EMERGENCY MESSAGE FROM "
+#define BOT_EMERGENCY_MAX_PARTS 3
+#define BOT_EMERGENCY_RATE_LIMIT_MILLIS 60000UL
+#define BOT_EMERGENCY_RATE_LIMIT_COUNT 3
+#define BOT_PENDING_EMERGENCY_SLOTS BOT_EMERGENCY_MAX_PARTS
 #define BOT_SENDER_KEY_PREFIX_LEN 6
 
 enum BotChannelKind : uint8_t {
@@ -64,6 +69,7 @@ struct BotMessage {
   char channel_name[BOT_MAX_CHANNEL_NAME_LEN + 1];
   char sender_name[BOT_MAX_SENDER_NAME_LEN + 1];
   uint8_t sender_key_prefix[BOT_SENDER_KEY_PREFIX_LEN];
+  bool text_truncated;
   uint32_t sender_timestamp;
   char text[BOT_MAX_TEXT_LEN + 1];
   size_t text_len;
@@ -109,6 +115,13 @@ struct BotCommandCooldown {
   uint32_t expires_at_millis;
 };
 
+struct BotEmergencyForward {
+  uint8_t part_count;
+  bool truncated;
+  char parts[BOT_EMERGENCY_MAX_PARTS][BOT_MAX_GROUP_RESPONSE_LEN + 1];
+  size_t part_lens[BOT_EMERGENCY_MAX_PARTS];
+};
+
 struct BotPrefs {
   bool enabled;
   uint16_t normal_delay_ms;
@@ -125,6 +138,8 @@ struct BotStats {
   uint32_t ignored_messages;
   uint32_t eligible_messages;
   uint32_t emergency_messages;
+  uint32_t emergency_forwards;
+  uint32_t emergency_forward_failures;
   uint32_t parse_errors;
   uint32_t sent_messages;
   uint32_t send_failures;
@@ -136,5 +151,6 @@ static_assert(sizeof(BotResponse) <= 184, "BotResponse RAM budget exceeded");
 static_assert(sizeof(BotCommandContext) <= 96, "BotCommandContext RAM budget exceeded");
 static_assert(sizeof(BotCommandResult) <= 16, "BotCommandResult RAM budget exceeded");
 static_assert(sizeof(BotCommandCooldown) <= 8, "BotCommandCooldown RAM budget exceeded");
+static_assert(sizeof(BotEmergencyForward) <= 480, "BotEmergencyForward RAM budget exceeded");
 static_assert(sizeof(BotPrefs) <= 128, "BotPrefs RAM budget exceeded");
 static_assert(sizeof(BotStats) <= 48, "BotStats RAM budget exceeded");
diff --git a/examples/companion_radio/EmergencyForwarder.cpp b/examples/companion_radio/EmergencyForwarder.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b228a8fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/companion_radio/EmergencyForwarder.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+#include "EmergencyForwarder.h"
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+namespace {
+
+size_t boundedStrLen(const char* value, size_t max_len) {
+  size_t len = 0;
+  while (value && len < max_len && value[len] != 0) len++;
+  return len;
+}
+
+bool prefixEqual(const char* text, size_t text_len, const char* prefix) {
+  size_t prefix_len = strlen(prefix);
+  if (text_len < prefix_len) return false;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < prefix_len; i++) {
+    if (text[i] != prefix[i]) return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+size_t appendText(char* output, size_t output_len, size_t pos, const char* text, size_t text_len) {
+  if (!output || output_len == 0) return 0;
+  while (pos + 1 < output_len && text_len > 0) {
+    output[pos++] = *text++;
+    text_len--;
+  }
+  output[pos] = 0;
+  return pos;
+}
+
+size_t appendRepeated(char* output, size_t output_len, size_t pos, char ch, size_t count) {
+  while (pos + 1 < output_len && count > 0) {
+    output[pos++] = ch;
+    count--;
+  }
+  output[pos] = 0;
+  return pos;
+}
+
+void writePart(BotEmergencyForward& forward, uint8_t part_idx, const char* header, size_t header_len,
+               const char* text, size_t text_len, bool multipart) {
+  char* output = forward.parts[part_idx];
+  size_t output_len = sizeof(forward.parts[part_idx]);
+  output[0] = 0;
+  size_t pos = appendText(output, output_len, 0, header, header_len);
+
+  if (multipart) {
+    char marker[8];
+    int n = snprintf(marker, sizeof(marker), "[%u/%u] ", (unsigned)(part_idx + 1), (unsigned)forward.part_count);
+    if (n > 0) pos = appendText(output, output_len, pos, marker, (size_t)n);
+  }
+
+  pos = appendText(output, output_len, pos, text, text_len);
+  forward.part_lens[part_idx] = pos;
+}
+
+}
+
+namespace EmergencyForwarder {
+
+bool isForwardedEmergencyText(const char* text, size_t text_len) {
+  if (!text) return false;
+  size_t len = boundedStrLen(text, text_len);
+  return prefixEqual(text, len, BOT_EMERGENCY_PREFIX);
+}
+
+bool format(const BotMessage& message, BotEmergencyForward& forward) {
+  memset(&forward, 0, sizeof(forward));
+  if (message.channel_kind != BOT_CHANNEL_EMERGENCY) return false;
+  if (isForwardedEmergencyText(message.text, message.text_len)) return false;
+
+  char header[BOT_MAX_GROUP_RESPONSE_LEN + 1];
+  const char* sender = message.sender_name[0] ? message.sender_name : "unknown";
+  int header_len_int = snprintf(header, sizeof(header), BOT_EMERGENCY_PREFIX "%s: ", sender);
+  if (header_len_int < 0) return false;
+  size_t header_len = (size_t)header_len_int;
+  if (header_len >= sizeof(header)) header_len = sizeof(header) - 1;
+  if (header_len >= BOT_MAX_GROUP_RESPONSE_LEN) return false;
+
+  size_t text_len = boundedStrLen(message.text, message.text_len);
+  size_t one_part_capacity = BOT_MAX_GROUP_RESPONSE_LEN - header_len;
+  if (text_len <= one_part_capacity) {
+    forward.part_count = 1;
+    forward.truncated = message.text_truncated;
+    writePart(forward, 0, header, header_len, message.text, text_len, false);
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  size_t multipart_header_extra = 6;
+  if (header_len + multipart_header_extra >= BOT_MAX_GROUP_RESPONSE_LEN) return false;
+  size_t part_capacity = BOT_MAX_GROUP_RESPONSE_LEN - header_len - multipart_header_extra;
+  size_t needed_parts = (text_len + part_capacity - 1) / part_capacity;
+  forward.part_count = needed_parts > BOT_EMERGENCY_MAX_PARTS ? BOT_EMERGENCY_MAX_PARTS : (uint8_t)needed_parts;
+  forward.truncated = message.text_truncated || needed_parts > BOT_EMERGENCY_MAX_PARTS;
+
+  size_t offset = 0;
+  for (uint8_t i = 0; i < forward.part_count; i++) {
+    size_t chunk_len = text_len - offset;
+    if (chunk_len > part_capacity) chunk_len = part_capacity;
+    writePart(forward, i, header, header_len, &message.text[offset], chunk_len, true);
+    offset += chunk_len;
+  }
+
+  if (forward.truncated && forward.part_count > 0) {
+    uint8_t last = forward.part_count - 1;
+    size_t pos = forward.part_lens[last];
+    if (pos > 3) pos -= 3;
+    forward.parts[last][pos] = 0;
+    pos = appendRepeated(forward.parts[last], sizeof(forward.parts[last]), pos, '.', 3);
+    forward.part_lens[last] = pos;
+  }
+
+  return forward.part_count > 0;
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/examples/companion_radio/EmergencyForwarder.h b/examples/companion_radio/EmergencyForwarder.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e59d29e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/companion_radio/EmergencyForwarder.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "BotTypes.h"
+
+namespace EmergencyForwarder {
+
+bool isForwardedEmergencyText(const char* text, size_t text_len);
+bool format(const BotMessage& message, BotEmergencyForward& forward);
+
+}
diff --git a/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.cpp b/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.cpp
index 72873d37..ad72ccc5 100644
--- a/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.cpp
+++ b/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #if CMESH_BOT_ENABLED
 #include "BotCommands.h"
 #include "BotPolicy.h"
+#include "EmergencyForwarder.h"
 #include "FirmwareBot.h"
 #endif
 
@@ -566,8 +567,8 @@ void MyMesh::observeBotDirectMessage(const ContactInfo &from, uint32_t sender_ti
   if (prefix_len > sizeof(message.sender_key_prefix)) prefix_len = sizeof(message.sender_key_prefix);
   if (sender_prefix && prefix_len > 0) memcpy(message.sender_key_prefix, sender_prefix, prefix_len);
   message.sender_timestamp = sender_timestamp;
-  FirmwareBot::normalizeText(text, botBoundedStrLen(text, BOT_MAX_TEXT_LEN), message.text, sizeof(message.text),
-                             &message.text_len);
+  message.text_truncated = FirmwareBot::normalizeText(text, botBoundedStrLen(text, BOT_MAX_TEXT_LEN + 1), message.text,
+                                                       sizeof(message.text), &message.text_len) == BOT_WRITE_TRUNCATED;
   recordBotObservation(message, &from, 0xFF);
 }
 
@@ -586,7 +587,8 @@ void MyMesh::observeBotChannelMessage(uint8_t channel_idx, const char *channel_n
   const char *body = text;
   size_t body_len = botBoundedStrLen(text, BOT_MAX_TEXT_LEN);
   FirmwareBot::splitChannelText(text, body_len, message.sender_name, sizeof(message.sender_name), &body, &body_len);
-  FirmwareBot::normalizeText(body, body_len, message.text, sizeof(message.text), &message.text_len);
+  message.text_truncated = FirmwareBot::normalizeText(body, body_len, message.text, sizeof(message.text),
+                                                       &message.text_len) == BOT_WRITE_TRUNCATED;
   recordBotObservation(message, NULL, channel_idx);
 }
 
@@ -640,6 +642,63 @@ bool MyMesh::enqueueBotResponse(const BotMessage &message, const ContactInfo *di
   return false;
 }
 
+bool MyMesh::findBotChannel(BotChannelKind kind, uint8_t &channel_idx) {
+  for (uint8_t i = 0; i < MAX_GROUP_CHANNELS; i++) {
+    ChannelDetails channel;
+    if (getChannel(i, channel)) {
+      size_t name_len = botBoundedStrLen(channel.name, BOT_MAX_CHANNEL_NAME_LEN);
+      if (BotPolicy::classifyChannel(channel.name, name_len, false) == kind) {
+        channel_idx = i;
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+bool MyMesh::isEmergencyRateLimited() {
+  unsigned long now = _ms->getMillis();
+  if (!emergency_rate_window_started || millisHasNowPassed(emergency_rate_window_started + BOT_EMERGENCY_RATE_LIMIT_MILLIS)) {
+    emergency_rate_window_started = now;
+    emergency_rate_count = 0;
+    return false;
+  }
+  return emergency_rate_count >= BOT_EMERGENCY_RATE_LIMIT_COUNT;
+}
+
+void MyMesh::recordEmergencyRateLimitEvent() {
+  if (emergency_rate_count < 0xFF) emergency_rate_count++;
+}
+
+bool MyMesh::enqueueEmergencyForward(const BotMessage &message) {
+  if (isEmergencyRateLimited()) return false;
+
+  BotEmergencyForward forward;
+  if (!EmergencyForwarder::format(message, forward)) return false;
+
+  uint8_t free_slots = 0;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < BOT_PENDING_EMERGENCY_SLOTS; i++) {
+    if (!pending_emergency_forwards[i].active) free_slots++;
+  }
+  if (free_slots < forward.part_count) return false;
+
+  uint8_t part_idx = 0;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < BOT_PENDING_EMERGENCY_SLOTS && part_idx < forward.part_count; i++) {
+    PendingEmergencyForward *pending = &pending_emergency_forwards[i];
+    if (!pending->active) {
+      pending->text_len = forward.part_lens[part_idx];
+      if (pending->text_len > BOT_MAX_GROUP_RESPONSE_LEN) pending->text_len = BOT_MAX_GROUP_RESPONSE_LEN;
+      if (pending->text_len > 0) memcpy(pending->text, forward.parts[part_idx], pending->text_len);
+      pending->text[pending->text_len] = 0;
+      pending->active = true;
+      part_idx++;
+    }
+  }
+
+  recordEmergencyRateLimitEvent();
+  return true;
+}
+
 void MyMesh::recordBotObservation(const BotMessage &message, const ContactInfo *direct_recipient, uint8_t channel_idx) {
   bot_stats.observed_messages++;
   BotPolicyDecision decision = BotPolicy::decide(message.channel_kind);
@@ -649,6 +708,7 @@ void MyMesh::recordBotObservation(const BotMessage &message, const ContactInfo *
   }
   if (decision == BOT_POLICY_EMERGENCY_FORWARD) {
     bot_stats.emergency_messages++;
+    if (!enqueueEmergencyForward(message)) bot_stats.emergency_forward_failures++;
     return;
   }
 
@@ -717,6 +777,31 @@ void MyMesh::sendQueuedBotResponses() {
   }
 }
 
+void MyMesh::sendQueuedEmergencyForwards() {
+  uint8_t public_channel_idx = 0xFF;
+  bool have_public = findBotChannel(BOT_CHANNEL_PUBLIC, public_channel_idx);
+  ChannelDetails public_channel;
+  if (have_public) have_public = getChannel(public_channel_idx, public_channel);
+
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < BOT_PENDING_EMERGENCY_SLOTS; i++) {
+    PendingEmergencyForward *pending = &pending_emergency_forwards[i];
+    if (!pending->active) continue;
+
+    bool success = false;
+    if (have_public) {
+      uint32_t timestamp = getRTCClock()->getCurrentTimeUnique();
+      success = sendGroupMessage(timestamp, public_channel.channel, _prefs.node_name, pending->text, pending->text_len);
+    }
+
+    if (success) {
+      bot_stats.emergency_forwards++;
+    } else {
+      bot_stats.emergency_forward_failures++;
+    }
+    pending->active = false;
+  }
+}
+
 bool MyMesh::sendBotSelfAdvert(bool flood) {
   mesh::Packet* pkt;
   if (_prefs.advert_loc_policy == ADVERT_LOC_NONE) {
@@ -745,6 +830,7 @@ void MyMesh::scheduleBotFloodAdvert(unsigned long interval_millis) {
 }
 
 void MyMesh::tickBot() {
+  sendQueuedEmergencyForwards();
   sendQueuedBotResponses();
   if (next_bot_local_advert && millisHasNowPassed(next_bot_local_advert)) {
     sendBotSelfAdvert(false);
@@ -1088,7 +1174,10 @@ MyMesh::MyMesh(mesh::Radio &radio, mesh::RNG &rng, mesh::RTCClock &rtc, SimpleMe
 #if CMESH_BOT_ENABLED
   memset(&bot_stats, 0, sizeof(bot_stats));
   memset(pending_bot_responses, 0, sizeof(pending_bot_responses));
+  memset(pending_emergency_forwards, 0, sizeof(pending_emergency_forwards));
   memset(bot_command_cooldowns, 0, sizeof(bot_command_cooldowns));
+  emergency_rate_window_started = 0;
+  emergency_rate_count = 0;
   next_bot_local_advert = 0;
   next_bot_flood_advert = 0;
 #endif
diff --git a/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.h b/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.h
index ed915b28..10b27feb 100644
--- a/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.h
+++ b/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.h
@@ -210,7 +210,12 @@ private:
   void buildBotCommandContext(BotCommandContext &context, BotCommandId command_id);
   bool enqueueBotResponse(const BotMessage &message, const ContactInfo *direct_recipient, uint8_t channel_idx,
                           const char *text, size_t text_len);
+  bool enqueueEmergencyForward(const BotMessage &message);
+  bool findBotChannel(BotChannelKind kind, uint8_t &channel_idx);
+  bool isEmergencyRateLimited();
+  void recordEmergencyRateLimitEvent();
   void sendQueuedBotResponses();
+  void sendQueuedEmergencyForwards();
   void tickBot();
   void scheduleBotLocalAdvert(unsigned long interval_millis);
   void scheduleBotFloodAdvert(unsigned long interval_millis);
@@ -258,9 +263,18 @@ private:
     size_t text_len;
   };
 
+  struct PendingEmergencyForward {
+    bool active;
+    char text[BOT_MAX_GROUP_RESPONSE_LEN + 1];
+    size_t text_len;
+  };
+
   BotStats bot_stats;
   PendingBotResponse pending_bot_responses[BOT_PENDING_RESPONSE_SLOTS];
+  PendingEmergencyForward pending_emergency_forwards[BOT_PENDING_EMERGENCY_SLOTS];
   BotCommandCooldown bot_command_cooldowns[BOT_COMMAND_COOLDOWN_SLOTS];
+  unsigned long emergency_rate_window_started;
+  uint8_t emergency_rate_count;
   unsigned long next_bot_local_advert;
   unsigned long next_bot_flood_advert;
 #endif