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UCR Fume School 2021

UCR Fumigation School 2021

October 27-28, 2021

 

  *Presentation files can be downloaded as PDF by clicking the title (in progress)

 

October 27, 2021 (day 1)

7:30 AM REGISTRATION CHECK-IN & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

7:45 AM INTRODUCTION

8:15 AM THE BIOLOGY OF TERMITES

Dong-Hwan Choe, Ph.D., Associate Cooperative Extension Specialist & Associate Professor, University of California, Riverside

9:00 AM PHYSICAL PROPERTIES & MODE OF ACTION OF STRUCTURAL FUMIGANTS

Michael Rust, Ph.D, Distinguished Professor of Graduate Division, University of California, Riverside

9:45 AM BREAK / Insect ID Lab

10:15 AM WORKING WITH UTILITY COMPANIES: MAKING THE MOST OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH SDG & E AND SO. CAL. GAS

Kevin Carney, Customer Service Field Staff Team Leader, SoCalGas, and Moises Vasquez, Technical Advisor, SDG&E

11:00 AM MEASURING A STRUCTURE

Terry Singleton, Owner, Termite Terry

11:45 PM LUNCH

12:45 PM BED BUGS & FUMIGATION

Chow-Yang Lee, Ph.D., Endowed Presidential Chair in Urban Entomology, University of California, Riverside

1:15 PM HOW TO AVOID FUMIGATION PROBLEMS

Ed Hernandez, Technical Consultant, Ensystex, Inc.

2:00 PM BREAK

2:15 PM STRUCTURAL REGULATORY UPDATES

Catherine Yee, Senior Environmental Scientist, CA DPR

3:00 PM LEGAL ASPECTS OF FUMIGATION

James Frederick, Attorney, Goeltz & Frederick

3:45 PM EXAM

4:00 PM ADJOURN

 

October 28, 2021 (day 2)

7:30 AM REGISTRATION CHECK-IN & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

7:45 AM INTRODUCTION

8:00 AM FUMIGATION CALCULATORS

Luis Gonzalez, Technical Representative, Ensystex, Inc.

9:00 AM MONITORING AND SECURITY

Craig Campman, President, Two Cat Sentinels, Inc.

9:15 AM BOARD BUS TO FUMIGATION SITE

9:30 AM BUS DEPARTS - INSECT ID QUIZ

10:00 AM FUMIGATION SITE DEMONSTRATION

  • STATION 1: TARP CONDITION & CAP DEMONSTRATION

Mary Hernandez, Owner, Hernandez Sewing, Inc

  • STATION 2: INTERIOR PREP & BAGGING

Terry Singleton, Owner, Termite Terry

  • STATION 3: EXTERIOR PREP & CHALLENGES

Ed Hernandez, Technical Consultant, Ensystex, Inc.

  • STATION 4: SECONDARY LOCKS

Erin Zavala, Deputy Director, Los Angeles County Agricultural/Weights and Measures

  • STATION 5: CLEARING & MONITORING

Luis Gonzalez, Technical Representative, Ensystex Inc.

11:30 AM BOARD BUS - RETURN TO KELLOGG WEST CONFERENCE CENTER

12:00 PM LUNCH

1:00 PM AG COMMISSIONER’S PANEL

LOS ANGELES, ORANGE, RIVERSIDE, SAN BERNARDINO & SAN DIEGO COUNTIES

Moderator: Donna Browne, V.P. Sales, Agri-Turf Distributing

2:00 PM COMMON INSPECTION PROBLEMS

Tom Ineichen, Inspector, California Structural Pest Control Board

3:00 PM EXAM

3:30 PM ADJOURN

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