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Rusty was an elderly fireman who appears in the Season 5 episode "Mr. Monk Can't See a Thing".

We first see Rusty, serving lunch to his crew. When one of the firemen pulls a joke, Rusty berates him, but the fire captain reassures Rusty that they love him. They are interrupted when Monk walks in carrying a container full of smoke detectors.

Barely has Monk arrived when the station's two-tone call alarm goes off and the firemen all scramble for their engines. The fire captain informs Monk that they don't have time to check his alarms - they are being called away to a three-alarm house fire a few blocks away from here. Despite Monk's protests, the crew of Engine 53 gear up and he can only watch as the engine drives away, sirens blaring.

Rusty and Monk sit down at a table to test Monk's smoke alarms and Rusty is astonished that Monk has 30 smoke detectors for the five rooms, two hallways, and vestibule in his apartment. They are interrupted when they hear a squeaking sound, and look up to see a man named Eddie Murdoch walking in. Rusty walks around the back of the spare rig in the garage and confronts him. Murdoch promptly grabs a shovel and strikes Rusty a lethal blow to the head.

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