Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
June 23, 2010
DA 10-1114
Mark Yourdy
Pierce County Department of Emergency Management
Radio Communications Division
1422 112th St. East
Tacoma, WA  98445
Dear Mr. Yourdy:   
This letter grants your request, received June 14, 2010, on behalf of the Pierce County 
Department of Emergency Management (the County) for a waiver to permit certain Amateur Radio 
Service licensees to transmit communications on behalf of their employers during an upcoming 
government emergency drill.  
The request states that the County will be participating in a disaster preparedness exercise on June 
24, 2010.  As part of the exercise, hospitals will communicate with the County to test their emergency 
communications systems.  Most of the amateur communications will be conducted by volunteers, but
some of the amateur radio operators may be employees of the entity on whose behalf the operator will be 
transmitting. 
Section 97.113(a)(3) of the Commission’s Rules, 47 C.F.R. § 97.113(a)(3), prohibits amateur 
licensees from transmitting communications in which they have a pecuniary interest, including 
communications on behalf of an employer.  The County therefore requests a waiver of this rule to permit 
the following Amateur licensees to transmit communications on behalf of their employers in connection
with the exercise:  for MultiCare Health System, Eric Quist, WA7WAL, and others; for Western State 
Hospital, Daniel Broumley, KC7OPR; for Veterans Hospital, James Baumann, KE7JQL, and Rex 
Johnson, KE7JQZ; for Madigan Army Medical Center, WD8AWW; and for Franciscan Health System, 
Angie Stann, KE7RTA, and others.1
Section 1.3 of the Commission’s Rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.3, provides that the Commission may 
waive its rules if good cause for waiver is shown.  We conclude that grant of the waiver request is 
appropriate under the circumstances presented.  The public interest in facilitating the June 24 public 
safety exercise by permitting the specified Amateur licensees to participate warrants this limited waiver of 
Section 97.113(a)(3).  This waiver grant permits transmission of communications by the above-listed 
Amateur licensees on behalf of their employer during the June 24, 2010 exercise, and immediately 
beforehand for the purpose of operational testing of equipment.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the waiver request of the Pierce County Department of 
Emergency Management, filed June 14, 2010, IS GRANTED.
  
1 The request, including the entire roster, is set forth in the Commission’s Universal Licensing System as an 
attachment under each of the licenses listed above.
Pierce County Department of Emergency Management Page 2
This action is taken under delegated authority pursuant to Sections 0.131 and 0.331 of the 
Commission’s Rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.131, 0.331.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Scot Stone
Deputy Chief, Mobility Division
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau