At the scene of an emergency, they are comrades in arms, but on the ice at the Jim Ciccone Civic Centre it's a different story for the RCMP and Prince Rupert Fire Department.
On March 14, the bitter hockey rivals faced off in the annual Guns 'N Hoses game.
The game was not as chippy as these dust-ups can traditionally get, but there was some pretty decent hockey played.
The police team kicked off the scoring early in the first period on a goal by Doug Mackereth (Broadwater Industries), but the lead was short-lived as firefighter Dustin Johnson evened it up a few minutes later.
Dylan Lawrence made it 2-1 for the hoses to give the Hoses the lead at the end of 20 minutes.
The RCMP again scored first in the second frame with Reid Lindsay (Canadian Coast Guard) tying it at two. Lindsay followed that up with another just a minute or so later giving the Guns the lead again.
The middle of the period was a tight affair, but Johnson again evened it up with approximately four minutes to go.
Lindsay was not done though as he netted his third for the hat trick with three minutes on the clock.
The third period was the difference maker with Nick Haisell (Kristoff Trucking), the Guns goalie in the starring role. Again and again Haisell turned back a relentless attack by the fire department.
The pressure possibly got to the police team as they started taking penalties. But even with a two-man disadvantage at one point, Haisell was up to the task. Another penalty at the end of that power play, though proved too much as Kitimat firefighter and Kitimat Ice Demon Taylor Fowler McNab found the back of the net.
With less than six minutes to go, it wasn't looking great for the RCMP as the Hoses went right back on the attack.
But Haisell hung on with his rock solid performance allowing Josh Armstrong (Prince Rupert Grain) to tuck one in at the 4:07 mark and Kendal Stace-Smith gave them some insurance with another to make the final 6-4.
The RCMP won the inaugural event in 2008, but had not hoisted the trophy again until Saturday night.
