UCR Fumigation School 2024
October 9-10, 2024
*Presentation files can be downloaded as PDF by clicking the title (in progress)
October 9, 2024 (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
10:15 AM WORKING WITH UTILITY COMPANIES: MAKING THE MOST OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH SDG & E AND SO. CAL. GAS COMPANY
Gregory Rico, 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 HOW TO AVOID FUMIGATION PROBLEMS
Dave Wadleigh, President, Mega Fume Inc.
1:15 PM BED BUGS & FUMIGATION
Chow-Yang Lee, Ph.D., Endowed Presidential Chair in Urban Entomology, University of California, Riverside
2:00 PM BREAK
2:15 PM CALIFORNIA REGULATORY UPDATES
Damara Trumbauer, Deputy Agricultural Commissioner, Orange County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office
3:00 PM LEGAL ASPECTS OF FUMIGATION
Daniel W. Towson, Attorney, Delmore Green
3:45 PM EXAM
4:15 PM ADJOURN
October 10, 2024 (day 2)
7:30 AM REGISTRATION CHECK-IN & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
7:45 AM INTRODUCTION
8:00 AM FUMIGATION CALCULATIONS
Luis Gonzalez, Technical Representative, Ensystex, Inc.
8:00 AM SULFURYL FLUORIDE REGULATORY UPDATE
Carlos Montejano, Business Development Manager, Douglas Products
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
Dave Wadleigh, President, Mega Fume, Inc.
- STATION 2: INTERIOR PREP & BAGGING
Carlos Montejano, Business Development Manager, Douglas Products
- STATION 3: EXTERIOR PREP & CHALLENGES
Ed Hernandez, Technical Consultant, Ensystex, Inc.
- STATION 4: SECONDARY LOCKS
Randy Martinez, Agricultural Inspector III, 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