UCR Fumigation School 2022
September 14-15, 2022
*Presentation files can be downloaded as PDF by clicking the title (in progress)
September 14, 2022 (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., 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
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
11:30 AM 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, and Luis Gonzalez, Technical Representative, Ensystex, Inc.
2:00 PM BREAK
2:15 PM STRUCTURAL REGULATORY UPDATES
Kathleen Boyle, Chief Enforcement Officer, Structural Pest Control Board
3:00 PM LEGAL ASPECTS OF FUMIGATION
James Frederick, Attorney, Goeltz & Frederick
3:45 PM EXAM
4:00 PM ADJOURN
September 15, 2022 (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 INSECT ID QUIZ and REVIEW
Dong-Hwan Choe, Ph.D., Associate Cooperative Extension Specialist & Associate Professor, University of California, Riverside
9:15 AM BOARD BUS TO FUMIGATION SITE
9:30 AM BUS DEPARTS
10:00 AM FUMIGATION SITE DEMONSTRATION
- STATION 1: TARP CONDITION & CAP DEMONSTRATION (CAP plan)
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
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 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