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The sponsoring agency may activate and dispatch teams in order to gather or respond to intelligence about an incident.

Teams may be dispatched to affected neighborhoods, or organized to support operations.

CERT members may augment support staff at an Incident Command Post or Emergency Operations Center.

Additional teams may also be created to guard the morgue, locate supplies and food, convey messages to and from other CERT teams and local authorities, and other duties on an as-needed basis as identified by the team leader.