The full-time National Guard Civil Support Team is a self-contained, 22-member unit capable of providing secure communications, CBRNE assessment, decontamination and a mobile analytical laboratory. The CST can be requested anytime to help with a known or unknown hazard, released intentionally or accidentally, that is chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear in nature. The CST also is available to provide a communications suite and a command-and-control working area during a disaster. It is much more than a WMD response team, and it is ready for deployment within hours.
