WESTASKIWIN, Alta. — Home Hardware Stores Limited announced qualification of its Wetaskiwin trucking fleet with CSA International’s Carrier Safety Management System Standard (CSMS), completing certification of Home Hardware’s entire fleet across Canada. Home Hardware’s St. Jacobs, Ontario and Debert, Nova Scotia fleets were certified during the previous 18 months.

Qualification to the CSMS program will help Home Hardware demonstrate to customers, enforcement agencies and the public that it is continuously meeting safety obligations, in a way that provides a consistently high level of service to its more than 1,000 independent Dealers across Canada.

The CSMS standard provides organizations that transport goods on public roadways with a framework to help minimize the risk of accidents and safety incidents. The safety audit and qualification was completed by QMI, North America’s leading management system registrar and a division of CSA Group.

Home Hardware acts as a distributor to its more than 1,000 members, operating more than 2 million square feet of warehouse space in Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Alberta, as well as a fleet of 125 power units and 425 trailers.