Kiryas Yoel And Monroe Have Fire Pact

The villages of Monroe and Kiryas Yoel have finally agreed on a new fire contract under which Monroe firefighters will answer calls in the Chasidic community only when asked to do so, and it puts Kiryas Yoel in charge of its own fires for the first time but keeps Monroe on call on the serious fires and to respond on Shabbos and Jewish holidays. Kiryas Joel will pay Monroe $54,800 for 50 calls a year, plus $1,096 for each additional response.