Lu Cheng-tsung, head of the IASARC, felt that based on Japan's experience, they should use "mouse tunnels," a technique which involves digging tunnels deep into the wreckage, to try to find people and bring them out. If heavy machinery were used to excavate the site, the building might continue to slide and further injure those survivors still buried inside.
總隊長呂正宗認為，根據日本專家的經驗，應該用老鼠打地洞的方式，挖出多條深入塌陷區的地道，如果以重機械挖掘，樓房可能繼續滑動，甚至再傷及陷在裡面的存活者。