The Monroe Volunteer Fire Department is warning about a telephone scam circulating town.  The Department told The Courier that several residents have report getting telephone calls from a person claiming to be raising funds for the volunteer firefighters.  Residents are being advised to be skeptical of phone solicitors, with the Monroe Volunteer Fire Department saying that their annual fundraising drive takes place in the fall and is done via the mail.  That mailer asks that checks be sent to the department via a Monroe Post Office box.  The reported phone calls have come from a California area code 925.