About D2EMC Veteran-Owned

Operational experience. Honest assessment. Readiness you can act on.

Founded by David DiGregorio, D2EMC helps hospitals, public agencies, first responders and businesses turn documented preparedness into demonstrated capability through assessments, training, exercises and evidence-based improvement.

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32+

Years of
military service

9

Years in Massachusetts
HazMat leadership

40+

Hospital readiness
assessments

02 About D2EMC

Readiness is not a document. It is demonstrated capability.

Select a chapter to see why D2EMC exists, how we work and the operational evidence behind the mission—one clear idea at a time.

01 Purpose

Interactive briefing / 06

Operating principle

Turn documented intent into demonstrated capability.

D2EMC tests what teams can actually do under pressure, then turns the evidence into sharper plans, stronger coordination and decisions leaders can defend.

01 Documented intent Plans establish what should happen.
02 Operational evidence Realistic testing shows what can happen.
03 Defensible action Findings reveal what should improve first.

Who we serve

Built for systems that cannot afford to assume.

D2EMC aligns leaders, operators and partners around a shared readiness picture across life-critical and continuity-driven environments.

Primary specialization

Hospitals &
Health Systems

ORI™, CBRN, first-receiver and system readiness.

Response operations

Fire, EMS &
HazMat

Role-based training and multi-agency exercises.

Regional readiness

Government &
Coalitions

Capability reviews, exercises and improvement plans.

Operational continuity

Business &
Infrastructure

Emergency roles, continuity and leadership testing.

The operating method

A disciplined cycle. Evidence leaders can use.

Each engagement follows a repeatable path from assumptions on paper to capability teams can demonstrate.

  1. 01 Assess

    Establish the evidence-based baseline.

  2. 02 Train

    Address priority knowledge and skill gaps.

  3. 03 Exercise

    Test decisions and coordination under pressure.

  4. 04 Validate

    Evaluate improvement with observable evidence.

Findings shape training. Training is tested. Evidence begins the next cycle.

Operational Readiness Index™

Readiness, made visible.

ORI™ is D2EMC’s independent, consultant-led advisory assessment for hospitals and health systems. It identifies documented strengths, observable capability gaps and practical next actions.

Advisory only—ORI™ does not provide accreditation, certification, regulatory approval or compliance status.

Explore the ORI™
  1. 01Plans & PoliciesIntent
  2. 02CBRN CapabilityProtection
  3. 03TrainingCapability
  4. 04ExercisesPerformance
  5. 05Leadership & CommandCoordination
David DiGregorio, founder of D2 Emergency Management Consulting
David A. DiGregorio Principal & Founder

Founder & operational leadership

Experience forged where consequences are real.

David founded D2EMC in 2023 to give organizations an operationally grounded, evidence-led path to readiness.

  1. 32+Years Military Service
  2. 9Years Leading Massachusetts HazMat
  3. BIDMCDisaster Medicine Faculty
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Selected work + documented outcomes

Evidence earned in the field.

Complex readiness questions become assessments, exercises, training and decision-ready documentation.

  1. 2025American Samoa

    Infectious-disease tabletop and operations-based exercise, followed by an after-action report and improvement plan.

  2. 2024Massachusetts

    Three-phase statewide review of mass-casualty incident assets, activation, governance and modernization options.

  3. 2024–25Connecticut + Vermont

    Hospital CBRN assessments with first-receiver, personal protective equipment and decontamination training.

Beyond projects Speaking, professional education and collaborating partners extend the mission.

Operational record

Experience behind the work.

  • 32+

    Years military service

  • 9

    Years MA HazMat leadership

  • 40+

    Hospital assessments

  • BIDMC

    Disaster Medicine Faculty