Firefighters and Police Use Plasma Cutter to Free Dog Stuck in Tire

Firefighters and police in Franklin Township, New Jersey, rescued a dog that got its head stuck in a tire on March 21.

According to firefighters, efforts to pull Daisy the dog out from the rim of an old tire had failed, but luckily one of their own had a plasma cutter.

“Special shout out to our Lt Brandon Volpe who, with the help of the first responders on scene, used his personal plasma cutter to free Daisy from the rim. Daisy was not injured and is doing well!” Franklinville Volunteer Fire Company wrote on Facebook.

Video captured by the bodycam of a Franklin Township Police Department officer shows the teamwork that helped free Daisy. Credit: Franklin Township Police Department via Storyful

Video transcript

- You got to get her out of there. Let's try to straddle the line. Ready? Come back this way. Back up.

- We-- behind you.

- You pick the fire up.

- You're going to feed that, you'll be able to feed that between the tire and her neck?

- Might be.

- Thank you.

- Do you guys still want to come here with a muzzle?

- Can they sedate her?

- I don't think we can wait.

- They can't sedate her.

- They can't sedate her. Let's just do our thing.

- Is there another one that we can put over the top of her head? Oh, it's fitting through? Oh nice.

- Yeah. You got it. You got it.

- I think just that. And then the other one just put it right over her head. In here. Put this one over her head.

- And try to hold her ears down. Keep the noise down for her, if you can. She's good. She's good, brother. She's OK.

- Watch your eyes.

- It did burn a hole in the blankets.

- I want to put something in--

- Is there any--

- Is she good?

- Yeah, are we going to-- should we shut that garage door just in case she runs? That breaks loose.

- I have 'em. Can you reach behind her tire and put that on?

- 'Cause she will run.

- Yeah, that's the thing. That's why I'm afraid of. Because when she breaks loose, she's going to want to go.

- What's that?

- We're putting the collar, because as soon as she gets loose, she's going to be going.

- Need to hold it there.

- I need somebody to come help with--

- I don't think the-- I don't think the hose will reach back there.

- Watch yourself.

- Go ahead. Something is loose.

- You need more?

- Ah?

- You need more?

- Yeah, I got it.

- It caught her, hold it there and then it happens.

- Just pull it out.

- We want to cut this back. We want to do this back side? Go from the back? The back's not cut through. That's what it is.

- Let me see it.

- Now, please.

- There you go. There you go.

- Yeah.

- There you go.

- You want to hold that on her and pull her out? Oh, is that corner?

- Yeah, all right.

- You want glasses?

- Yeah, he's good. Just keep her head wrapped in that blanket. On the corner.

- I have another.

- There you go. Got her free. There you go.

- Nice. --spare at?

- I had a flat. I'll put it back in. Never do it, of course, now.

- She's terrified right now.

- Come here, baby.

- Yeah, you got to put these on the fire-- on the truck. But when he's on the truck.

- Oh.

- You want this out, right?

- Yeah, that's it.

- That's a first.

- Don't let the word get out though.

- Yo, I think you buy a couple of them, put them on the truck.

- Yeah, well--

- Now. Now.

- Not just having it.

- We got to have him.

- Yeah.

- You want to take that ring back? He said he'll come back and get it. He said its back in the trunk.

- Take the tire too. Oh Jesus. I appreciate it. Thank you, come on, Robin. Yo, thanks, guys. OK.

- Take her to the fire truck.

- All right.

- Yeah, we're going to take her back.

- Yo, thank you.

- Thank you.

- They got it out.