A WET T-shirt controversy has broken out among female firefighters who have complained their new Rural Fire Service  shirts become see-through when wet. More than 600 volunteers joined a Facebook petition to object to the issuing of the bright yellow shirts to replace existing navy blue ones.

Women complained that when they sweat , handle leaking hoses , wash or fill their trucks and even when it rains , their male colleagues can see through their new shirts , The Daily Telegraph reports.

"Most women aren't too happy about it. We're not doing the job to be glamorous. We're not sex objects , " Sydney volunteer Maryann Berndt , 34 , said yesterday.