WHAT
IS INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM)?
Many pest control companies throw around the
phrase “Integrated Pest Management”,
but only the best actually practice IPM. At
Horizon Pest Control, we follow stringent standards
for IPM, to ensure our customers receive the
highest level of service at the lowest level
of risk to their home, community and environment.
IPM incorporates the use of routine inspections,
monitoring devices and special products as well
as structural, sanitation and cultural changes
to prevent or eliminate pest infestations. When
properly implemented and coordinated, IPM can
reduce the use of chemical applications and
achieve safe and effective results for you.
Horizon will develop and manage a customized
IPM program designed specifically for your facility.
Our goal is to eliminate your pest problems
in a fast, effective and safe manner without
compromising the integrity of your operations,
school or daycare center.
COMPONENTS OF A GOOD IPM PROGRAM
- Routine Inspection
and Monitoring
- We continually inspect your property
to look decreased activity in existing
areas, as well as look for new areas of
activity. Monitoring tools act as eyes
on your facility between our scheduled
service inspections to uncover new rodent
or insect activity.
- Structural Considerations
- Recommendations for building improvements
are discussed and documented by service
technicians and Horizon’s Quality
Assurance Inspectors.
- Keep up with building maintenance
and general upkeep
- Rodent proof entry points
- Reduce exterior vegetation, including
low-lying shrubs, plants and weeds
- Maintain structural integrity
- Sanitation
- Maintain good sanitation and solid
waste management programs both inside
and outside.
- Special Control
Methods
- Control in sensitive areas is maintained
by sealing pest entry points, vacuuming,
using mechanical traps, insect growth
regulators, insect baits, sprays or dusts.
- We recommend that areas requiring the
use of sprays or dusts be unoccupied and
have good ventilation.
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