Julie, 

My guess is that you aren't going to find a consultant who really knows and there probably isn't a lot of "Good" information to leverage. 

I think you need to make the determination on three things: 

If the product looks terrible - scrap it. 
If the product looks good and tests good - ship or use it. 
If the product doesn't look pristine or has some minor dis-coloration and test good - ship it or use it if your customer agrees. 

There shouldn't be any problem using product that is shrink-wrapped packaged and didn't see any heat, smoke or water but I would test all of the pristine product to make sure it is good. 

The decision to ship or use other product that might not be pristine but passes test needs to be made with the customers agreement. 


Regards, 

George 

George M. Wenger 
Failure Signature & Characterization Lab LLC 
609 Cokesbury Road, High Bridge, NJ 08829 
(908) 638-8771 (Home) (732)-309-8964 (Cell) 
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From: "Julie Silk" <[log in to unmask]> 
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Sent: Monday, April 11, 2016 3:45:53 PM 
Subject: [TN] Fire damage: criteria for salvage 

I'm looking for criteria to determine whether electronic equipment in a warehouse fire is salvageable. There's obvious melted, blackened scrap and obvious pristine shrink-wrapped packing boxes that didn't see heat, smoke or water. But there's stuff inbetween. We need to make sure we have quality material, and need criteria to counter the insurance company's assessment of what's unaffected. Is there some information we can leverage? A consultant who knows this? Thanks! Julie 



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