The Fire Department has benefited from two federal grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The largest and most recent is $630,000 for the Rockland and Abington departments to replace their communications systems. According to Rockland Fire Chief Scott Duffey, everything except the antennas will be replaced, and microwave systems will replace vulnerable telephone-line connections. The department also is adding resuscitation equipment with $115,487 in federal grant money. The department will buy new cardiac monitor/defibrillators for its two ambulances for $35,000 apiece, replacing 12-year-old models, and also will buy 11 standard defibrillators and place them in fire trucks and cruisers. - Steve Hatch