Johnson County, Missouri

Emergency Management

Cribbing

1. Position 2 pieces of wood parallel to each other on either side of the collapse.

2. Place 2 pieces of wood perpendicularly across base pieces.

3-4. Add additional layers of wood, with each layer perpendicular to previous level.

Grid patterns are utilized to search large or small areas when hands-and-knees searches are conducted

Cribbing is used to support or strengthen a leveraged object

Exterior vs Interior Search

Steps 1 - 4

Utilize a pattern approach (such as right to left walls), call out to survivors in each room, marl searched rooms

Exterior

Interior