Volunteer firefighters from at least 24 brigades in north central Victoria say they will not fight fires around new renewable power plants and transmission lines.
"We'll basically sit at the fence and wait for it to come out to us — we won't go in and put our lives at risk." "You have crops and sheep that will be unprotected and there could be insurance implications as well."The group's letter of demands calls for an immediate halt to "all current and proposed projects" and requests "appropriate reconsideration of alternative solutions", which Mr Barratt said should include nuclear power generation.
"We're worried about our ability to fight fires around transmission lines and the CFA hasn't been very good at all at giving us clear instructions on how safe it is to fight fires around them," Mr Barratt said.