Great stop by first arriving LC two man crew. Other departments responding under mutual aid agreement to provide tanker shuttle water supply operations and station coverage in the event of another emergency call. Disregard the negative comments guys. Our tax dollars well spent! Stay safe...everyone goes home.

That was an excellent stop, and a great interior attack, by a severely undermanned department! Great job guys! When you arrive on scene and flames are blowing out the roof, and you're still able to knock down the flames and extinguish the fire without further extension that is an excellent job of interior firefighting. About the Chief responding from his house. Is SWAMP ROAD close enough! Ignorance is bliss I guess! RT

Such a shame to see the negativity in these comments. Check your facts and have some knowledge of what these members do day to day to protect your community. Keep up the outstanding work LCFD and stay safe.

Incorrect! The house IS NOT a loss and completely salvageable. The misinformed or those self-proclaimed know-it-all's should keep their opinions to themselves when THEY don't know the FACTS. How many times do you hear on the morning news how an overnight house fire in a city such as Providence or Fall River is completely destroyed by a fire and must be razed? These cities have battalions of manpower, equipment and a virtually unlimited water supply in the form of pressurized hydrants along every street. Not so in Little Compton where the crew is comprised of two men and water must be brought to the scene by tanker trucks. This same two man crew could have very easily been out on a medical emergency call when the 911 call came in for this house fire. Then there would have been no one at the station to respond and mutual aid assistance from surrounding communities would have been the only option until off-duty LC personnel were called in. Imagine if the house was occupied and people were trapped and there was no one at the station to immediately respond. The taxpayers of Little Compton get more bang for their buck with an understaffed fire department that wears every emergency hat with the exception of law enforcement. Walk a mile in their shoes before opening your mouths with your negative comments.

Thank God Little Compton Finally hired a Competent, Retired Tiverton Firefighter. Otherwise this would have been another Fine Cellar save!!!! Nice Job!!!

There are so many inaccuracies in some of these comments. 1. Chief lives in LC now. 2 there are no hydrants out there ( or anywhere else in our town)so yes it is all tankers so thank god they could draft from round pond. 3. House has significant smoke and water damaged along with the fire damage but far from a foundation. 4. if all you can do is complain and live in the good ole days when every farmer came a running as a volunteer then put your money where your big fat mouth is and step up. And as far as the volunteers "disappearing" when Chief Petrin took over, the volunteers disappeared on their own because they refused to train properly and be able to function safely at a fire scene and protect themselves and others. I don't know about you but I would rather have well trained responders than a bunch of guys who are not trained, get hurt at the fire scene, endanger the lives and property of others and then sue the town for not training them correctly. People should be greatful we have a dedicated force that are the lowest paid department in the state. Oh and to Comptonite, if you think TFD is so great, maybe you should ask them to set up a draft site... Tiverton has hydrants all over town and when they need a draft tank set up, they call us.

This was an excellent save for LCFD and Chief Petrin, who now resides in Little Compton and arrived on the scene approximately 2 minutes before the LC apparatus. The dispatcher on duty was always one step ahead of the ball and I don't think LC could have done had a better job handling this blaze. Even though it is a two man crew and a chief this Dept not only saved a home but did it in record time and with limited resources. An excellent effort by LCFD and all the towns that provided mutual aid! I'm thankful to have such a devoted fire department to call if ever the need rises.

Great job done by LCFD. Limited man power ( 3 firefighters). No fire hydrants. Mutual aid is 20 min away. Lucky the 3 guys working were not on a rescue run at the hospital when the fire broke out great job done by all

As the homeowner in question I applaud the fire department's excellent work and thorough investigation. Even with the lack of fire hydrants on the road--something we are hoping to remedy-- the tanker trucks and the rest of the vehicles saved the majority of the house. The smoke damage is severe, but that's what happens when you have a house fire. I thank everyone who came to the rescue and count us among the lucky. The salvage of the house will take a long time and there is much sadness in our hearts, but we have nothing but great things to say about the LCFD.