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Australian Fire Service Selects GPMS Foresight HUMS
Fleet of Black Hawk helicopters is being equipped with health and usage monitoring systems
New South Wales Rural Fire Service Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopter
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The New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) is installing GPMS International’s Foresight MX health and usage monitoring system (HUMS) in its fleet of Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopters.

The Black Hawks were transferred to the NSW RFS by Australia’s Department of Defence and they are used for aerial firefighting and emergency service. Areas covered by the NSW RFS include more than 800,600 sq km (309,000 sq m) of New South Wales “in one of the most fire-prone areas on earth,” according to GPMS.

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