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Motor carrier · USDOT 4291259

JOHN-MICHAEL BRANDON THOMAS, Fresno, CA: USDOT 4291259 safety record, inspections, out-of-service, crashes

JOHN-MICHAEL BRANDON THOMAS among Fresno County carriers

By power units, JOHN-MICHAEL BRANDON THOMAS is number 3,756 of 12,062 Fresno County carriers, level with 8,306 that also file 1; the county’s middle fleet is 1 power unit.

JOHN-MICHAEL BRANDON THOMAS (doing business as EMPIRE DISTRIBUTING), USDOT 4291259, MCS-150 filed December 1, 2024: 1 power unit (1 truck), 1 driver (1 with a CDL), 16,000 miles in 2023; Fresno, CA 93722, Fresno County; active on the census; Intrastate Non-Hazmat Carriers; no hazardous materials; not rated by FMCSA; hauls General Freight; registered September 4, 2024.

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Roadside inspections

Velarion’s copy of the inspection file holds no inspection for USDOT 4291259.

Crashes

Velarion’s copy of the crash file holds no crash for USDOT 4291259.

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Figures from the FMCSA Company Census File, loaded October 15, 2026, and FMCSA’s inspection and crash files.

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John-Michael Brandon Thomas, doing business as Empire Distributing and based in Fresno, California, is one of 8,307 carriers with a single power unit registered in Fresno County, and 86.0% of the 179,736 California carriers with one power unit joined the register before it did. The carrier has no crashes and no roadside inspections on file, which compares with 16.7% of California single-power-unit carriers that have at least one roadside inspection, and 20.4% of the 74,458 roadside inspections of such carriers ending in an out-of-service order.