diff --git a/drb-c2-core/app/routers/upload.py b/drb-c2-core/app/routers/upload.py
index 34f468c..7188881 100644
--- a/drb-c2-core/app/routers/upload.py
+++ b/drb-c2-core/app/routers/upload.py
@@ -141,6 +141,14 @@ def _call_is_substanceless(ctx: dict) -> bool:
     """
     from app.internal import incident_correlator
 
+    # The incident-creation gate skips the has_event_substance check entirely
+    # when a type resolved (incident_correlator._run_decision ~:1397), so a
+    # typed call — fire/medical/etc. — opens an incident on substance we do not
+    # re-check here. reassignment=True is dispatch pulling a unit onto a NEW
+    # job (units are blanked at :296 for exactly that reason): the strongest
+    # new-incident signal in the pipeline. Either one means "keep the tiebreak".
+    if ctx.get("incident_type") or ctx.get("reassignment"):
+        return False
     if (ctx.get("call_severity") or "routine") in ("moderate", "major"):
         return False
     if incident_correlator.has_event_substance(ctx):
diff --git a/drb-c2-core/tests/test_consensus_gate.py b/drb-c2-core/tests/test_consensus_gate.py
index 36b6bb6..d3483a5 100644
--- a/drb-c2-core/tests/test_consensus_gate.py
+++ b/drb-c2-core/tests/test_consensus_gate.py
@@ -133,6 +133,25 @@ async def test_call_with_vehicles_is_not_gated():
     m_tiebreak.assert_called_once()
 
 
+async def test_call_with_resolved_incident_type_is_not_gated():
+    # The creation gate skips has_event_substance when a type resolved, so a
+    # typed call (fire/medical/…) opens an incident on substance the gate does
+    # not re-check — it must keep the tiebreak, not be dropped.
+    m_apply, m_tiebreak = await _run_consensus(
+        _preview("new", {}, ctx={"incident_type": "fire"}), _llm("orphan"),
+    )
+    m_tiebreak.assert_called_once()
+
+
+async def test_reassignment_call_is_not_gated():
+    # reassignment=True is dispatch pulling a unit onto a NEW job (units are
+    # blanked for exactly that reason) — the strongest new-incident signal.
+    m_apply, m_tiebreak = await _run_consensus(
+        _preview("new", {}, ctx={"reassignment": True}), _llm("orphan"),
+    )
+    m_tiebreak.assert_called_once()
+
+
 async def test_recent_incident_on_same_talkgroup_is_not_gated():
     ctx = {
         "system_id": "sys-1",