UCR Fumigation School 2023
October 11-12, 2023
*Presentation files can be downloaded as PDF by clicking the title (in progress)
October 11, 2023 (day 1)
7:30 AM REGISTRATION CHECK-IN & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
7:45 AM INTRODUCTION
8:00 AM THE BIOLOGY OF TERMITES
Dong-Hwan Choe, Ph.D., Cooperative Extension Specialist & 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
Kevin Carney, Customer Service Field Staff Team Leader, SoCalGas, and Moises Vasquez, Technical Advisor, SDG&E
11:00 AM MEASURING A STRUCTURE
Ed Hernandez, Western United States Director of Training, Ensystex
11:30 AM LUNCH
12:30 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
Dave Wadleigh, President, Mega Fume Inc.
2:00 PM BREAK
2:15 PM CALIFORNIA REGULATORY UPDATES
Kathleen Boyle, Chief Enforcement Officer, Structural Pest Control Board
3:00 PM LEGAL ASPECTS OF FUMIGATION
Daniel W. Towson, Attorney, Delmore Green
3:45 PM EXAM
4:00 PM ADJOURN
October 12, 2023 (day 2)
7:30 AM REGISTRATION CHECK-IN & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
7:45 AM INTRODUCTION
8:00 AM FUMIGATION CALCULATORS & SULFURYL FLUORIDE LABEL UPDATE
Luis Gonzalez, Technical Representative, Ensystex, Inc.
9:00 AM IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD DESTROYING ORGANISMS AND THEIR DAMAGE
Dong-Hwan Choe, Ph.D., Cooperative Extension Specialist & Professor, University of California, Riverside
9:30 AM BOARD BUS TO FUMIGATION SITE
10:00 AM FUMIGATION SITE DEMONSTRATION
- STATION 1: TARP CONDITION & CAP DEMONSTRATION
Mary Hernandez, Owner, Hernandez Sewing, Inc
- STATION 2: INTERIOR PREP & BAGGING
Dave Wadleigh, Owner, Mega Fume Inc.
- STATION 3: EXTERIOR PREP & CHALLENGES
Ed Hernandez, Technical Consultant, Ensystex, Inc.
- STATION 4: SECONDARY LOCKS
Daniel Estrada, Deputy Ag Commissioner, Los Angeles County Agricultural Weights & Measures
- STATION 5: CLEARING & MONITORING
Luis Gonzalez, Technical Representative, Ensystex Inc.
11:30 AM BOARD BUS - RETURN TO KELLOGG WEST CONFERENCE CENTER, CAL POLY POMONA
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