IPM Training Webinar For Owners & Managers October 8, 2009 11:00am – 12:30pm Eastern

IPM Training WebinarFor Owners & Managers

October 8, 200911:00am – 12:30pm Eastern

U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyOffice of Pesticide Programs

National Center for Healthy Housing

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Affordable Housing Preservation

PresentersDonna RosenDirector, Washington Preservation OfficeHUD Office of Affordable Housing Preservation

Kathy SeikelDirector of Communications, Office of Children’s

Health and Environmental EducationEnvironmental Protection Agency

Tom NeltnerDirector of Training and EducationNational Center for Healthy Housing

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Training Objectives

• What to expect in the HUD M2M Green Initiative and HUD Green Retrofit Program;

• How to find a pest management professional (PMP) to help implement an integrated pest management (IPM) program;

• What are the basic approaches to cockroaches, rodents, and bedbugs;

• Why identifying roles and responsibilities for all stakeholders is key to an effective program; and

• Where to go for more information.3IPM Training for Owners & Managers, October 8, 2009

Today’s Agenda

11:00 Welcome, Introductions, Agenda (Donna)

11:05 IPM Concepts and HUD Guidance (Kathy)

11:15 Cockroaches (Tom)

11:40 IPM in HUD’s Green Programs (Donna)

12:00 Rodents, Bed Bugs (Tom)

12:20 Questions & Answers

12:30 Adjourn


IPM CONCEPTS &HUD GUIDANCE

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Kathy Seikel

Director of CommunicationsOffice of Children’s Health and Environmental

EducationEnvironmental Protection Agency

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IPM makes homes healthier!

Pests Cause Problems• Trigger/cause asthma and allergies• Bite • Contaminate food• Lead people to overreact and ignore pesticide labels• Transmit disease• Hitchhike in belongings• Violate housing codes

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Priority Pests• Cockroaches cause asthma in infants, trigger

asthma attacks, and contaminate food.

• Rodents such as mice and rats carry diseases, bite, destroy property, may cause fires, and may trigger asthma attacks.

• Bed Bugs and their bites are a nuisance and are expensive to eliminate.


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What All Pests Need

Shel

ter

Food

Wat

er

• Food

• Water

• Shelter


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Fighting Pests with IPM

“Exterminator” is now a Pest Management Professional (PMP)


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What You Will Gain

IPM will give you…• A healthier building: Fewer asthma attacks,

less exposure to pesticides, and less of a chance you will take pests home.

• Fewer complaints: A Boston Housing Authority development reduced cockroach work orders by 68% after one year of IPM.

• Fewer pests: You can stop infestations from growing and spreading disease.


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“We do IPM because it is the right thing to do and because it works. Allowing our residents to live in a pest-free home is a basic service as well as a huge quality of life issue.”

––Gail LivingstonDirector of Operations and Property Management

Boston Housing Authority


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IPM and Healthy Homes

• Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a key part of a nationwide Healthy Homes movement to reduce housing-based health hazards.

• A healthy home is:– Dry– Clean– Ventilated– Safe– Contaminant-free– Maintained– Pest-free


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HUD’s Voluntary Guidance

• “Offers the potential efficacy of pest elimination while protecting the health of residents and staff.”

• “Will extend the useful life of property and, thereby, generate significant savings that offset costs of the pest control operations.”

• “Effective in preventing moisture intrusion and accumulation.”


HUD’s 10 Elements to a Successful IPM Program

1. Communicate Policies

2. Identify Problem Pests

3. Monitor and Track4. Set Thresholds for

Action5. Improve Non-

Pesticide Methods

6. Prevent Pest Entry and Movement

7. Educate Residents and Update Leases

8. Enforce Lease9. Use Pesticides Only

When Necessary10.Post Signs


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Another View of IPM

• Invest time and materials for repair and education.

• Protect through exclusion, sanitation, and careful

product choice based on least risk to human health and the environment and compatibility with other management practices.

• Maintain with monitoring, communication, and

documentation so that infestations do not grow.


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Concerns with Pesticides• Pests can become tolerant of or avoid pesticides.• Risk from exposure may outweigh the benefit of

killing pests.• Possible harm to pets and wildlife.• Certain populations may be especially vulnerable

or sensitive to some pesticides:– Elderly; children; pregnant women– People with breathing or lung disorders such

as asthma– People with multiple chemical sensitivities


Questions&

Answers


COCKROACHES


Tom Neltner

Director of Training and EducationNational Center for Healthy Housing

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Cockroaches are Health Hazards

Cockroaches and their frass• Make asthma worse in sensitive people• Cause asthma in preschool-aged children • Cause or aggravate allergies• Contaminate food, dishes, and counters• Are unwelcome in guests


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Common Indoor Cockroaches

most common

sewers & basements

high & dry

hot cool

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German Cockroach

• Medium size (3/4''), bronze, with “racing stripes” behind the head

• Found everywhere, but likes warmth, moisture, and darkness

Reproduces quickly Mother carries eggs to term even if she is deadEats almost anything


One German Cockroach After 6 Months


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Live Cockroaches

American Cockroaches

German Cockroaches


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Dead

Dead Cockroaches

German cockroaches on a sticky trap

Brown banded cockroachesby a door hinge


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Frass

Door

Under a cabinet shelf

Behind the wall clock

Wall clock


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Where Cockroaches Live

• Anywhere in a building• Prefer spots near water but

also need food and warmth• In cracks and crevices where

their bodies touch surfaces above and below


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What Cockroaches Eat

• Crumbs• Grease• Trash• Cardboard glue• Just about anything

Under the bag in a trash can


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Think Like a Cockroach


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Think Like a Cockroach


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IPM in Practice

CockroachesNeed food and water.Are most active at night.


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Trash chute

Boiler room

InspectLook for evidence where cockroaches would find food, water, or a hiding spot: up, down, behind, and under.Think like a cockroach – look in hidden areas.


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Monitor

Monitor by placing sticky traps near areas where cockroaches might travel—at corners and near warmth, food, and water.


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Sanitation

• Good sanitation makes pest control work.

• Eliminate hiding spots, food, and water available at night by- reducing clutter;- throwing away dead cockroaches;- cleaning frass and areas where there were cockroaches with simple soap and water.


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Seal or fix cracks, peeled wallpaper, or holes that cockroaches could get through with

caulk;

copper mesh;

screens; or

door sweeps on boiler rooms and exterior doors.

Exclusion


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Targeted Chemical Use

• Sanitation first!• Maintenance staff and residents should not

spray. Spraying should be a last resort and done only by a PMP.

• Read the ENTIRE pesticide label before buying, using, storing, or disposing of a product.

• The label is the law!• Follow the label directions closely.


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Baits

• The most effective pesticide option.• Won’t work if contaminated by strong- smelling

cleaners or other chemicals, pesticide sprays or foggers, or nicotine from cigarette smoke.

• Use in every room.

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Baits

• The bait needs to be the only food in the area—sanitation first!

• Slow to kill: Cockroaches feed on the bait, take it back to their hiding spots, feed their friends, and THEN they’ll drop dead.


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Insecticidal Dusts

• Active ingredients may be boric acid or diatomaceous earth

• How they kill cockroaches:– Scratch their outer layers– Dry them out– Plug their breathing holes

• Long-lasting


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Insecticidal Dusts• Effective if used correctly.• Light dusting instead of piles.• Use in walls before fixing them.• Under and behind cabinets at turnover or when

making large repairs…but clean first!

Incorrect use of insecticidal dust


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Insect Growth Regulators (IGRs)

• Interfere with cockroach growth and reproduction: when they shed to grow up, the new exoskeleton doesn’t fit

• In baits, sprays, aerosols, and powders• Take a month to work • Stay effective for a long time • Compatible with other IPM methods; may enhance

baits


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Routine Spraying – Not Only Option

We’ve learned a better way.

Routine baseboard spraying is not part of IPM.


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Washington, DC, August 2008

San Diego, CA, July 1992

Augusta, GA, March 2008

Total Release Foggers


Questions&

Answers


IPM IN HUD GREEN PROGRAMS


Donna Rosen

Director, Washington Preservation OfficeHUD Office of Affordable Housing Preservation

Two Multi-Family Programs

HUD Multifamily has two green multifamily programs that require owners adopt an IPM Plan:

•Mark to Market Green Initiative

•Green Retrofit Program

IPM requirements are the same in both programs.


Green Operations & Maintenance Plan


IPM Plan Details

1. Adopt IPM policies and practices (NCHH has a good model to follow)

2. Incorporate the IPM policies and practices in the contract with the pest management professional

3. Implement the Plan promptly after closing the HUD transaction


IPM Plan Details(continued)

4.Identify roles and responsibilities of all property stakeholders:

– Residents

– Maintenance/Custodial Staff

– Property Management

– Pest Management Professional

– Vendors/ contractors onsite


Incentive Performance Fee

Successful Plan

+

Property Performance

=

$ $ $ $ $


Questions&

Answers


RATS, MICE AND BED BUGS


Tom Neltner

Director of Training and EducationNational Center for Healthy Housing

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Rodents are Health Hazards

• Carry infectious diseases • May cause asthma attacks• Bite• Damage food and property• Can attract other pests• Are repulsive


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What is a Rodent?

Rodents are gnawing animals. They • gnaw to wear down their teeth

and get where they want to go (can cut anything softer than steel);

• are most active at night; • make lots of babies fast;• travel the same paths nightly,

staying close to walls.


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Rats

• Will travel 150 feet from their nest

• Usually live outside and come inside for food and water

Norway rat burrow


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Inches

Rats

• Need ½-inch opening to enter

• Are very smart, cautious, and afraid of new things

• Need water every day


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One day old mouse pups

Mice

• Breed rapidly– A single pair can

become an infestation quickly!

– Take action when evidence of ONE mouse is seen or heard.

• Don’t travel far—just 10 feet from their nest


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Inches

Mice

• Mice need a ¼ inch opening to enter

• Mice are curious• Don’t need to drink water daily


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Droppings and Urine Stains

Rodent urine stain in drop ceiling Mouse droppings by a power strip


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Holes and Rub Marks


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Where Rodents Live• Rats: Outside, but will come in if the place is

hospitable.• Mice: Nest in walls, stored fabric, cars, boxes, or

the ceiling.

Mouse nest in a hatRat burrow by a wall


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DumpstersDumpsters should be – free of holes– covered – placed on cementScreen drain holesEmpty dumpsters regularly; they should never overflow


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Sanitation

Clutter in a corner


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Exclusion

For a hole, crack, or gap…

Stuff it Seal it Check it often


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Traps• Effective and reusable• More ARE better• Check often• Placement is key


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Targeted Chemical Use • The label is the law.• All rodenticide labels require tamper-resistant

stations.• Read the label on both the station and the bait.• The bait station should be secured, locked, and

labeled.• If the rodents are

inside, considerusing traps.

An opened bait station


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Adult bed bug feeding on a human

What is a Bed Bug?

• A blood-sucking insect• Most active at night• Usually feeds at night


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Bed Bugs are Health Hazards

Bed bugs do not transmit disease, but they• cause secondary infections after people scratch their

bed bug bites;• result in stress, loss of work, loss of sleep, and

financial burden;• are unwelcome in our homes and workplaces; and• drive people to do dangerous things with pesticides


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Bed bug crawling into a screw hole to hide.

Bed Bug Behavior

• Hide in cracks and crevices, often in groups.

• Cannot fly, jump, or burrow into skin…they crawl.

• Hitchhike on bags, furniture, wires, or pipes.


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Signs of Bed Bugs

• Bites• Blood spots• Shed skins• Dead bed bugs• Live bed bugs


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The start of an infestation

A bad infestation

Blood Spots

• Blood spots are bed bug droppings.• Bed bugs cannot be confirmed by blood spots

alone.• Live bed bugs must be found.


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Got Bed Bugs? Now What?

If found and controlled early in the infestation, the spread of bed bugs can be stopped. The first responses should be to:

Report the problem Not throw the mattress out—cover it Not spray—leave this to the PMP Prevent carrying the bed bugs to other places Prepare the unit for the PMP


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Mattresses and furniture don’t have to be thrown out!

Use a Mattress Encasement• Trap live bed bugs inside.• Zip, seal, and check for rips.• Leave it on for 1-1/2 years (don’t let it rip).


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Teach People How to Prevent

• Keep coats, backpacks, purses, and bags off beds, recliners, and sofas.

• Don’t bring home used furniture.• Look for signs before sleeping.


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PMP Might

• Inspect• Take apart furniture• Put infested items in sealed plastic bags or

discard heavily infested items• Use–A vacuum–Heat or steam–Pesticides


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Management's Role

• Find out the PMP’s requirements for unit prep and plan ahead! Example: Who takes apart and reassembles furniture?

• Have the professional inspect and treat units adjacent to the infested one.

• Communicate the situations/populations in units to the professional (respiratory problems, chemical sensitivities, pregnant women, the elderly, or children present).


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PMP's role• ALWAYS thoroughly inspects the unit and the

adjacent walls.

• Provides preparation and follow-up instructions in multiple languages.

• Follows the label—especially when treating mattresses!

• Returns in three weeks to look for and treat hatched nymphs.


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Facilities, Maintenance, and Support Service’s role

• Empty dumpsters weekly • Damage furniture left out for the trash so it can’t be

reused• Inspect the laundry room weekly• Help residents prepare—educate and provide

physical or financial support • Be very cautious when working in units—never set

items on or under beds, recliners, or sofas!


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The Resident's Role

• Inspect regularly • Launder bedding regularly• Report bed bug sightings immediately and seek

help from staff • Use plastic bags when transporting infested items• Don’t bring home furniture found on the street• Follow preparation instructions from the PMP


Questions&

Answers


Contacts & Resources

Donna [email protected]/offices/hsg/omhar/paes/green/owner.cfm

Kathy [email protected]/pesticides/factsheets/ipm.htm

Tom [email protected]/ipm


mailto:[email protected]



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