Ekuseni ngo-Ephreli 7, inkampani yahlela abasebenzi ukuthi benze umqhudelwano ophuthumayo womlilo. Ngokwamalungiselelo angaphambilini, ngo-2 ntambama, umphathi-sikhulu wamemezela ngokushesha ukusebenza kohlelo oluphuthumayo. Amathimba okusiza abezimo eziphuthumayo aqoqwa ngokushesha, futhi imisebenzi yokutakula yenziwa ngokushesha ngokuya ngezigaba zemisebenzi ngaphansi komyalo obumbene. Ithimba eliqondisa ukuthuthwa kwabantu lihlelise ngokushesha bonke abasebenzi benkampani ukuthi baphume ngendlela ehlelekile emzileni wokuphuma esakhiweni samahhovisi futhi bafike endaweni ebekelwe ukuhlangana. Ngemuva kochungechunge lwemisebenzi yokutakula ephuthumayo, umlilo ovulekile ucishiwe ngemuva kwemizuzu eyi-10, futhi umshini wokucisha umlilo uphele. Endaweni yokumba, abasebenzi abavela emnyangweni wezokuphepha nekhwalithi yenkampani bachaze ngokusetshenziswa kwezicisha mlilo, futhi bakhombisa wonke umuntu ukuthi angazisebenzisa kanjani izinto zokucisha umlilo ezomile, izinyathelo zokuzivikela ngesikhathi sokulwa nomlilo, nezinye izindlela eziphuthumayo uma kwenzeka umlilo. Abasebenzi ababambe iqhaza kulokuzivocavoca baba nokuhlangenwe nakho kwasendaweni, okwaqhubeka nokwenza ngcono ikhono labo langempela lokusebenza kwezindawo eziyisisekelo zokulwa nomlilo.

Ngalokhu kubhola okuphuthumayo komlilo, kwahlolwa izinga lokusingathwa kwezehlakalo eziphuthumayo yibo bonke abasebenzi beCompac, kwathuthukiswa ikhono langempela lezehlakalo eziphuthumayo, kwatholakala nemiphumela ebilindelwe. Ngokuzayo, inkampani izohola wonke amaphrojekthi aphansi ukuze aqhubeke nokusebenzisa inqubomgomo yokuvikela umlilo "yokuphepha kuqala, ukuvimbela kuqala, nokuhlanganiswa kokuvikela nokuvikela umlilo", isebenzise imisebenzi yokuphathwa kwezokuphepha, ihlele imishini yokuzivivinya ephuthumayo ehlosiwe, futhi ithathe nezinyathelo zokuqapha.