Until First Responders Financial Services was established in 2005, there was not a financial company 100% committed to the exclusive interests of the millions of first responders and their immediate families.

Today with thousands of members nationwide, we’re able to offer first responders the best financial guidance and products possible.

And as our membership grows we will be able to bring better and more varied offerings to the table of all first responders.

Our mission is to make the lives of our important American front line pros a little easier and better served by a company that cares only for them:

• Firefighters,
• Law Enforcement Officers
• Nurses
• Paramedics/EMTs
• and their families

Dennis Smith Founder and CEO Dennis Smith is the founder of First Responders Financial LLC and is a licensed financial advisor with the NASD and the SEC. In his 18 years as a New York City firefighter, he developed profound respect for the professionalism of the firefighters, police officers, EMTs, and nurses with whom he worked in the more than 40 alarms his engine company responded to every day. He witnessed their willingness to give of themselves in the course of their duty. He also came to know their financial needs, which were his own needs...

Peter Hayden Vice Chairman Chief Peter E. Hayden was a 37-year member of the New York Fire Department. He was appointed to the FDNY on November 30th, 1968. Chief Hayden’s experience includes assignments in both Brooklyn and Manhattan. He was promoted to Chief of Safety in 1995 and served in this role until his assignment to the 1st Division in 1997...