Resilience through integration
Practical emergency management for organizations that need their plans to work in a real incident
Iron Tree helps healthcare, public sector, nonprofit, and private organizations plan, train, exercise, and coordinate, so their people can work well together when something goes wrong. Based in Vermont, working nationally.
Who we work with
Healthcare systems and hospitals: preparedness programs, special pathogen readiness, medical surge, and medical operations coordination
Public agencies: EOC and ICS structure, multi-jurisdictional coordination, and exercise programs
Nonprofits and humanitarian organizations: response operations, continuity, and partner coordination
Private sector, including ski areas and outdoor recreation: continuity, crisis communications, and incident response planning
Where we specialize
High consequence infectious disease (HCID) · Medical operations coordination centers (MOCC) · Mass casualty and active threat incidents · Public-private coordination · Cyber disruption · All-hazards planning, training, and exercises · Humanitarian response
Services
Our services cover the full emergency management cycle. Most engagements combine several of them, scaled to your organization’s size, risks, and stage of preparedness.
Preparedness program design and advisory
We help you build an emergency management program that fits how your organization already runs.
Training and exercises
We design and run training and exercises built on realistic scenarios and how people behave under stress.
Continuity and recovery planning
We help you keep critical work going during a disruption and plan the path back to normal operations.
Crisis and incident communications
We help you plan communications that support decisions, coordination, and trust during an incident.
Interagency and cross-sector coordination
We help organizations work with partners, jurisdictions, and private-sector stakeholders before and during incidents.
Incident management system design
We help you set up incident management structures that are clear and practical in real situations.
Incident response support
We add capacity and experience during active incidents, when your internal team is stretched.
How we work
A conversation. We learn about your organization, risks, and goals.
A proposal. We scope the work with clear deliverables and a timeline.
The work and what comes next. We deliver, review what we learned together, and agree on next steps.
Experience behind the work
Iron Tree’s founder has supported preparedness and response work with Massachusetts General Hospital, the HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, Deloitte, the Boston Athletic Association, and the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center. He has deployed with a federal Disaster Medical Assistance Team to hurricanes and public health emergencies, and has led humanitarian response in more than 20 countries.
Planning an exercise, updating a plan, or not sure where to start?
Tell us what you’re working on. We usually reply within one business day.