UCR Fume School 2022

 

UCR Fumigation School 2022

September 14-15, 2022; Kellogg West Conference Center

 

  *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

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

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