The effectiveness of this training was proven on March 7, 1982, when the tanker "Energy Progress" caught fire in the Curacao harbor. The fire spread quickly and there was the possibility that it might spread to other ships or the facilities on shore.
火勢迅速蔓延開來，霎時間，船、岸一片紅色的火光。眼看著一場大災難即將發生，火燄可能毀掉維進輪，也可能波及港內其他船隻，這時船上船員奮不顧身、當機立斷地採用正確、有效的方法，迅速撲滅了烈燄，將一場幾乎釀成慘劇的災禍消弭於無形。