Interview of Robert DesRosier Sr., a podcast from Domestic Preparedness.
Robert DesRosier Sr., former director of Blackfeet Tribal Emergency Management and Homeland Security, discussed his journey into emergency management with Domestic Preparedness Journal editor Catherine Feinman.
Learn about the roles he has played in uniting border Tribes and local and federal governments in their domestic preparedness goals.
Robert DesRosier Sr.
Robert DesRosier Sr. is the former director of the Blackfeet Nation’s Disaster and Emergency Services and was elected to the Tribal Business Council in May 2023. With decades of emergency response experience, he manages large-scale daily operations in addition to responding to major incidents. Following the 9/11 attacks, he became the first director of the tribe’s new Homeland Security program. He also served as the tribe’s COVID-19 incident commander when the pandemic emerged. The Blackfeet Reservation in Browning, Montana, covers 1.5 million acres and spans about 60 miles of the Canada-U.S. border. As such, the Blackfeet Nation’s Emergency Services provides routine disaster and homeland security services, including air and land patrols for reconnaissance and surveillance of human trafficking, drug smuggling, terrorist threats, and other illegal activities.
