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Marty |
Germann |
Phone: |
630-553-0274 |
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53 S. Cypress
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Website: |
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Service
Categories: |
structural |
commercial |
school |
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landscape
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residential |
golf
course |
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other: |
Hospitals, Retirement
Centers, extended care. |
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First Illinois
Systems is a specialized pest control service designed for the Health
Care Industry and Museums using a comprehensive IPM program. Our service
area generally includes all of the northeast |
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What
is your definition of Integrated Pest Management (IPM)? |
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IPM emphasizes
the minimal usage of pesticide and the maximum employment of less
toxic alternatives. IPM includes exclusion, sanitation reports, education
of staff (written and verbal) use of monitors and biological controls
and pesticides are used only when absolutely necessary. |
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Is pest management performed on a specific schedule? |
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Most customers
are on a yearly contract with (X) number of visits per month. Accounts
run on a reporting system, supplemented by quality control inspections
which are designed to seek out pests and the causes for their presence. |
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How
are pest problems identified? |
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Through staff
reporting, quality control inspections and the use of various types
of monitoring traps. |
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What practices
do you use to prevent and/or control pests? |
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Exclusion, sanitation
and storage suggestions, pheromone traps, rodent traps, baits, insect growth regulators, sterilants, jar traps, netting and some pesticides. |
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Do you
use biological controls? |
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Very few, if
any, biological controls are appropriate for our structural pest
control. |
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Yes. In both
dust and bait form. |
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Do you
use synthetic chemicals? |
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What
are the top 10 pesticides you use/sell/recommend? |
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1)Boric acid
2)Drione 3)Gentrol 4)various cockroache, ant and rodent baits. |
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If pesticides are used, how much are used per year of each? |
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Does
your company perform habitat modification? |
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We do give
suggestions to the clients to do so. |
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Do you
use any physical or mechanical controls? |
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We use netting,
steel wool, copper wool and give structural suggestions to clients
including caulking, weather stripping of doors, horticultural practices
around the foundation, bioenzymes for drains, etc. |
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What
type of fertilizers do you use/sell/recommend? |
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This is not
our area of expertise. |
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What
do you usually use/sell/recommend for addressing: |
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termites |
We recommend
companies that use borates and baits. |
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cockroaches |
Pheromone traps,
borates, fipronil. |
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fleas |
Finding and
eliminating the source (other than pets), vacuuming
and cleaning |
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carpenter
ants |
Baits and locating
wet wood problems. |
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crabgrass |
Did Not Respond (DNR) |
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other |
Fruit flies-traps
and sanitation. Yellow jackets-jar traps. |
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How do
you evaluate effectiveness of your pest management |
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Our effectivenss
is based on how well we reduce pest populations, on cooperation from
our clients, on educating clients in the dangers of pesticides and
sometimes on learning a little tolerance in lieu of pesticides. |
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