Historic Scamman Farm Looks to The Future After Barn Fire As Stratham's fire chief, Matt Larrabee's first job as he arrives at a fire scene is to quickly size up the situation in order to develop a strategy. "As I pull up I'm just trying to size up how big it is, how much resources we're going to need, what tactical decisions are we going to make, are we going to do offensive or defensive operations meaning interior or exterior fire fighting. What are our priorities? Obviously it's human life and then it's conservation of property after that," Larrabee told Seacoast Current.