Targeted Advisory & Rapid Preparedness Services
Not every organization needs a full assessment or exercise engagement to make meaningful progress. D2EMC offers fixed-scope offerings for rapid insight, validation, and prioritization. Designed for hospitals, healthcare coalitions, and public-safety partners seeking expert guidance without the timeline or cost of a full engagement.
Every Hospital Has Gaps. The Question Is Whether You Find Them First.
D2EMC builds and validates hospital emergency preparedness programs for CBRN, hazmat, mass casualty, and the full spectrum of emergency events — led by people who've worn the PPE, run the codes, and built state-level response programs.
Every engagement starts with a free discovery call. No commitment. No sales pitch. Just an honest conversation about where your program stands and what it needs.
Assess
Where preparedness programs find out where they actually stand.
Most hospitals think they're ready until a surveyor — or an incident — says otherwise. The Assess category is built for emergency managers who need an honest, expert-driven picture of their program before that moment arrives. Whether you have a specific question that needs a quick expert answer, a gap letter to justify a grant, or an exercise that needs outside eyes, Assess engagements are scoped for speed and clarity. You come out with a defensible, documented baseline — not a vague scorecard.
Plans & Documentation
The written foundation that makes everything else defensible.
A preparedness program without airtight documentation is a liability waiting to be exposed — in a survey, in court, or during an actual event. This category covers the full range of written deliverables: reviewing what you have and fixing it, building a new EOP from scratch, developing CBRN and hazard-specific annexes, and producing compliant after-action reports. Every product is written to the standards your accreditor and CMS will benchmark against.
Virtual Support
Expert emergency management capacity — without the full-time hire.
Not every hospital can staff a dedicated, senior emergency manager. These retainer engagements give you structured access to D2EMC expertise on a monthly basis — from advisory hours for a seasoned EM who needs a second opinion, to full program ownership for a facility with a vacant EM role. Three tiers let you match the level of support to your actual need and budget, with no wasted coverage.
ORI
Operational Readiness Index™The most rigorous preparedness assessment D2EMC offers.
The ORI is not a checklist. It's a structured, multi-domain assessment that benchmarks your program against accreditation standards and real-world operational expectations — and produces an executive-ready report your leadership and board can act on. For health systems managing multiple sites, it also scales. The ORI + Targeted Training Bundle pairs assessment findings directly with skills remediation, so gaps don't just get documented — they get closed.
In Person Training & Exercises
Your team can't perform skills they've never practiced.
Knowledge doesn't transfer through reading a plan. This category covers everything from hands-on CBRN team assessment and decontamination training to tabletop, functional, and full-scale exercises — designed, delivered, and evaluated by subject matter experts who have operated in real incidents. Whether you're rebuilding a dormant CBRN team, meeting an annual exercise requirement, or stress-testing your incident command structure, the right product is here.
Specialized
High-stakes engagements that require credentialed expertise.
Some situations don't fit a standard product. Daily consulting — on-site or remote — gives you a credentialed specialist for targeted, high-priority work: standing up a new team, supporting a leadership transition, or closing a critical capability gap fast. Expert witness engagements deploy D2EMC's clinical and operational emergency management expertise in litigation matters involving hospital preparedness, CBRN response, decontamination, and mass casualty incidents.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes. Every engagement starts with a free discovery call — no commitment, no sales pitch. We use it to understand your situation, confirm the right service for your needs, and make sure we're the right fit before anyone spends a dollar.
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How do I get a quote? Your quote is prepared after the discovery call. Once we understand your facility's size, current program status, and what the engagement needs to accomplish, we put together a specific proposal — not a generic price list.
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Book a free discovery call. That is exactly what it is for. If you have a specific question or pain point, we may point you toward Office Hours or a Gap Letter. If you want to know where your program stands overall, we'll likely recommend a Rapid Snapshot or a full ORI Assessment. If you have a survey or incident driving urgency, we'll scope the right engagement on the call.
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It depends on the service. Advisory Office Hours can happen within days. A Rapid Preparedness Snapshot typically takes one to two weeks. Plan development runs 90 to 180 days. A full ORI Assessment delivers in 5 to 7 business days. Full-scale exercises require 6 to 9 months of planning. Every engagement timeline is confirmed during the discovery call before work begins.
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D2EMC's primary focus is hospital and healthcare preparedness. We also serve corporate, industrial, and maritime clients with the same service categories — plan development, exercise design, and CBRN training tailored to those environments. We also serve fire and industrial hazmat teams and National Guard Civil Support Teams.
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Yes. The ORI Assessment has specific multi-facility pricing, and retainer engagements can be scoped to cover multiple sites. Contact us on the discovery call to discuss health system-wide engagements.
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All D2EMC services are built around The Joint Commission Emergency Management Standards, CMS Emergency Preparedness Rule, OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120, NFPA 472, and HSEEP. Where applicable, we also align to ARNORTH, USARPAC, and NFPA 470 criteria for non-hospital clients.
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Every engagement is led by people who have actually operated at the level they're advising on — 32 years of military medical and state-level hazmat command experience, ongoing faculty work with the BIDMC/Harvard Medical School Disaster Medicine Fellowship, and direct CBRN operational experience. We don't grade on a curve, and we don't tell you what you want to hear. We tell you where you stand.
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Yes. The Full Program Management Retainer is specifically built for facilities without a dedicated EM — or in transition between emergency managers. D2EMC operates as your outsourced emergency management function, with full accountability for your plan, training calendar, exercise cycle, and survey readiness.
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Yes. D2EMC accepts expert witness engagements for plaintiff and defense counsel in matters involving hospital preparedness, CBRN response, decontamination, hazmat operations, and mass casualty incidents. A conflict check is required before any privileged discussion. Book a discovery call to initiate.