Thompson is hosting the Manitoba First Nations Fire Fighter competition for the first time this weekend.

Fire and Emergency Service Officer for Keewatin Tribal Council, Ivan Hart, says the competition attracts firefighters from all over the province:

"We have teams from the Island Lake area, Garden Hill, St Theresa’s point, we have Poplar River, Lac Brochet, Cross Lake, Lake Manitoba, Sagkeeng, The Pas, Ebb and Flow. Those are the teams that are coming". 

The firefighters will be competing in different drills, and the championship team will go onto the national fire fighters competition in Ontario.