A prominent professional services company is being recognized for helping Florida emergency managers by training workers to plan for disasters in the state.
KPMG Florida has received the national Gold Award by Brandon Hall Group for the work the company has done with the Division of Emergency Management (DEM) in the past three years.
“This work reflects the dedication of everyone involved. The KPMG Florida team worked side by side with FDEM to build this program and support Floridians recovering from major storms,” said Anthony Monaco, U.S. Partner with KPMG.
The award by Brandon Hall Group, a human resources consulting firm based in Boca Raton, honors long-term partnerships that foster success in communication, develop learning tools and share goals of enhancing responses to emergency events in Florida.
KPMG has provided operational support and additional training to state emergency workers through multiple hurricane seasons and also augmented support for response, recovery and long-term resilience.
One of the more prominent projects KPMG was involved in was the strike of Hurricane Ian, which hit Florida’s Gulf Coast in September 2022. KPMG was selected by DEM officials to help assemble and prepare for dealing with the event with multifunctional teams. KPMG experts helped assess the likely impact of that storm and facilitated coordination between top state officials, local governments and private contractors.
Another event involved detailed planning for the hurricane season in 2024, when KPMG introduced artificial intelligence into emergency planning processes. DEM stated that using AI programming helped make predictions and automations and reduce repetitiveness and fatigue inherent to emergency preparedness.
Those AI programs were used for data recognition and document reviews that could alert emergency planners to abnormalities such as fraud, waste and abuse.
