Orlando Office
Overchuck, De Marco, Byron & Overchuck, P.A.2709 W. Fairbanks Ave.
Winter Park, FL 32789
Tel: 407-872-6222
Fax: 407-872-6822
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Additional Resources
- OSHA Occupational Safety & Health Administration
- ISBI International Society for Burn Injuries
- Children's Coalition for Fire-Safe Mattresses Raising public awareness of the toxic fire threat posed by conventional residential mattresses
- Burn Support Online
- The Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors, Inc.
- Overchuck, De Marco, Byron & Overchuck, P.A..
Co-founder of:
The American Coalition
for Safe Mattresses
Automotive Fire Hazards
Did You Know...
Second-degree burns include deep sunburn, exposure to flames, contact with hot liquids, burning gasoline or kerosene, and contact with chemicals.
Several components of a vehicle's fuel system can be defective causing fuel leaks which result in post-collision fires.
The Automotive Fire Hazard section of this website has been broken down into individual web pages specific to the following fire-related automotive issues:
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General Motors Sidesaddle Fuel Tanks
From 1973 through 1987, GM was placing fuel tanks outside the frame rails of its pickup trucks, a position which the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found to be 2.4 times more likely to catch fire in side impact collisions than Ford trucks.
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General Motors Fuel Tank Location and Integrity
Courtroom disclosures reveal GM's callous disregard for human life as it weighed cost over safety in a 1973 memo written by its employee, Edward C. Ivey.
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Ford Fuel Tank Location and Integrity
While fighting government regulatory action in the early 1970s, Ford did its own cost-benefit analysis determining it would cost an estimated $11 per vehicle to protect fuel tanks from rupturing in rollover crashes.
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Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor Fires
The hazards alleged in the design of Crown Victoria police vehicles pertain to the location of its fuel tank and an additional flaw found in the hex bolt located on the rear axle which could potentially puncture the gas tank in a collision.