Yes, you can. However, your odds of finding employment as a commercial driver with a record... are less than hopeful. Additionally, you will not be eligible for a hazmat endorsement.
At the same agency which issues any other class of driver's licence. However, if you need to be trained and qualified to receive a CDL, you typically have to go to a truck driving school.
Commercial Drivers Licence
Commercial Drivers Licence
If you actually want to have some vague idea of what you're doing when you receive your licence, you need to go to a truck driving school.
Yes. You have to have some class of unrestricted drivers licence before you can get a CDL.
Yes
You're only allowed to possess one licence. If you have a CDL, it also serves as your "regular" licence. It's suspended, as well.
There may be a place where their term for a fishing licence is CDL. However, a CDL, in terms of drivers licences, does not serve as a licence for fishing or anything else not involving the on-road operation of motor vehicles.
DPA indicates that the licence holder possesses a Class D licence (non-CDL licence classes vary by state, but "D" is normally a standard drivers licence) with a learner's permit to train to upgrade to a Class A CDL.
You can't even do that with a non-CDL licence, let alone with a federally regulated CDL. And, just my $.02 worth, if your driving habits caused you to get your licence suspended, it's probably for the best that you don't get a CDL.
No. The weight determines what class licence you must obtain (there are non-CDL Class A and B licences available), and the usage is what determines whether or not you actually need a CDL class licence to operate it.
Firefighting and emergency response vehicles are exempt from CDL requirements under federal law. The state may, however, require that a non-CDL Class A or B licence be held by the driver of the vehicle, and individual department policies may require a CDL, rather than a non-CDL licence.