What is Integrated Pest Management (“IPM”)? IPM is the use of pest and environmental information, combined with various pest control methods to manage pest populations below determined thresholds.
The core of a well-designed IPM program is finding the cause of the pest problem.
By contrast, it was once thought that routine chemical spraying, irrespective of whether pests were on-site, would keep a facility pest free. IPM has demonstrated that the traditional method of pest control, i.e. the routine application of pesticides, is clearly inferior to IPM.
Although misunderstood, pesticides play an integral role in an IPM program. IPM does not, and has never meant that pesticides should NOT be used as a part of an IPM program.
Pesticides should be utilized as part of the overall pest control program in the event that the non-pesticide controls have failed, i.e. baiting, sealing, trapping, UV traps, screens, door sweeps, elimination of contributing conditions and sanitation. Only after the non-pesticide controls have failed, should pesticides be utilized to remedy the pest problem.
Alliance IPM Program:
The customer should be mindful that an effective IPM program may take time and greater effort on their part to eliminate pest problems. However, it has been our experience that a well-designed IPM program, in the long term, will cure the pest problem and keep them from reoccurring.
At Alliance, we consider IPM to be a partnership between customers and ourselves to eliminate unwanted pests in the most efficient and environmentally conscious manner.
The core of a well-designed IPM program is finding the cause of the pest problem.
By contrast, it was once thought that routine chemical spraying, irrespective of whether pests were on-site, would keep a facility pest free. IPM has demonstrated that the traditional method of pest control, i.e. the routine application of pesticides, is clearly inferior to IPM.
Although misunderstood, pesticides play an integral role in an IPM program. IPM does not, and has never meant that pesticides should NOT be used as a part of an IPM program.
Pesticides should be utilized as part of the overall pest control program in the event that the non-pesticide controls have failed, i.e. baiting, sealing, trapping, UV traps, screens, door sweeps, elimination of contributing conditions and sanitation. Only after the non-pesticide controls have failed, should pesticides be utilized to remedy the pest problem.
Alliance IPM Program:
- Installation of monitors in area(s) that are prone to pest problems.
- Continuous monitoring of the insect and rodent monitors.
- If an insect monitor indicates that a pest problem is active, identify the insect and cause of the pest problem.
- Once the insect and cause are identified, the technician would first attempt to resolve the pest problem by sealing, caulking, sanitation, UV traps, screens,door sweeps and elimination of the contributing conditions.
- If the pest problem remains, the technician would then apply the appropriate insect/rodent bait to the pest problem area(s).
- After the appropriate insect/rodent bait has been applied, the technician would monitor the problem area(s) to ensure the reduction and/or elimination of the pest infestation, and if necessary, adjust the IPM program to achieve the desired threshold pest control.
- In the even that all of the aforementioned strategies are unsuccessful, the final step is the targeted application of residual pesticides and fogging of infested area(s).
The customer should be mindful that an effective IPM program may take time and greater effort on their part to eliminate pest problems. However, it has been our experience that a well-designed IPM program, in the long term, will cure the pest problem and keep them from reoccurring.
At Alliance, we consider IPM to be a partnership between customers and ourselves to eliminate unwanted pests in the most efficient and environmentally conscious manner.
