Daniel England, CEO of Salt Lake City-based truckload carrier C.R. England, believes the background check program being put in place to monitor truck drivers with haz-mat endorsements on their ...

DOT-required hazmat training must cover four distinct areas: general awareness, safety, security awareness, and function-specific training, the company said. For trainers, the latter can be the most ...

A five-truck fleet out of LaGrange, Ga., has been issued an effective shutdown order by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration after an investigation revealed the company did not adhere to ...

Most driver training for hazardous materials (hazmat) courses is delivered in a passive format where drivers have to watch a video or listen to someone tell them the information with a PowerPoint.

During phase one, TSA ran name-based security checks on all 2.7 million Hazmat drivers to determine if any presented a potential terrorist threat. Phase two augments this effort by adding an FBI ...

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) published an interim final rule [RIN 1652-AA17] in the Federal Register November 24, 2004, that amends the standards used to assess hazmat truck ...

Commercial truck drivers transporting hazardous materials soon will be required to undergo background checks and fingerprinting by the Homeland Security Department to protect against terrorist attacks ...

A Channel 2 Action News investigation caught hazmat drivers smoking, using hand-held cellphones and eating while hauling fuel. We recorded video of a half-dozen hazmat drivers smoking behind the wheel ...