Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an effective and environmentally sensitive approach to pest management that relies on a combination of common-sense practices. The Team Too Termite & Pest Control IPM programs uses current, comprehensive information on the life cycles of pests and their interaction with the environment. This information, in combination with available pest control methods, is used to manage pests by the most economical means, and with the least possible hazard to people, property, and the environment.

The Team Too Termite & Pest Control IPM approach is designed for commercial, residential, and multi family structures. IPM takes advantage of all appropriate pest management options including, but not limited to, the use of pesticides and pesticide alternatives. In contrast, organic food production applies many of the same concepts as IPM but limits the use of pesticides to those that are produced from natural sources, as opposed to synthetic chemicals.

Team Too Termite & Pest Control has taken the additional step in ensuring that any pesticide used in our IPM programs has undergone thorough testing and regulation. Our philosophy is very simple, any product used in our IPM program must have the lowest toxicity to people, animals, and plants, as well as meet state and federal guidelines for minimal risk products. Team Too also maintains a specific IPM protocol pesticide list and no other products other than those approved can be used in conjunction with our IPM programs. Our certification with EcoWise provides third party oversight of the pesticides used and approved for our IPM programs.

IPM is not a single pest control method but, rather, a series of pest management evaluations, decisions and controls. In practicing IPM, Team Too Termite & Pest Control is aware of the potential for pest infestation and attempts to educate our customers to help us follow a four-tiered approach. The four steps include:

1. Set Action Thresholds
2. Monitor and Identify Pests
3. Prevention
4. Control

• Set Action Thresholds

Before taking any pest control action, Team Too Termite & Pest Control first sets an action threshold, a point at which pest populations or environmental conditions indicate that pest control action must be taken. Sighting a single pest does not always mean control is needed. The level at which pests will either become an annoyance, problem, or economic threat is critical to guide future pest control decisions.

• Monitor and Identify Pests

Not all insects, weeds, and other living organisms require control. Many organisms are innocuous, and some are even beneficial. IPM programs work to monitor pests and identify them accurately, so that appropriate control decisions can be made in conjunction with action thresholds. This monitoring and identification removes the possibility that pesticides will be used when they are not really needed or that the wrong kind of pesticide will be used.

• Prevention

As a first line of pest control, Team Too Termite & Pest Control’s programs work to manage the exterior or indoor space to prevent pests from becoming a threat. These control methods can be very effective and cost-efficient and present little to no risk to people or the environment. It is the goal of Team Too Termite & Pest Control to work with our customers to provide the highest level of prevention possible.

• Control

Once monitoring, identification, and action thresholds indicate that pest control is required, and preventive methods are no longer effective or available, Team Too Termite & Pest Control then evaluates the proper control method both for effectiveness and risk. Effective, reduced action methods are chosen first, including highly targeted chemicals, such as pheromones to disrupt pest mating, or mechanical control, such as trapping. If further monitoring, identifications and action thresholds indicate that reduced action methods are not working, then additional pest control methods would be employed, such as targeted spraying of pesticides. Broadcast spraying of non-specific pesticides is a last resort.

QualityPro is a voluntary program that participants choose to be a part of because they want to raise the standards of the pest management industry and better their companies in an effort to provide a higher level of service to their customers.  Team Too Termite & Pest Control has met a long list of certifications and is a subject to be routinely audited by the National Pest Management Association to ensure that all requirements are continually met.

QualityPro companies are environmentally responsible, and comitted to providing consumers with the highest possible service.  Built around the four key principles of Business Operations, Consumer Relations, Environmental Stweardship, and Technician Training, the QualityPro certification is only available to companies who have met or exceeded the strict criteria to be called QualityPro.

QualityPro has long been the mark of excellence inpest maangement.  QualityPro Green continues this legacy by meeting the highest standards of environmentally-conscious pest management.  This means your home will be treated with services and parctices you can feel good about.

The commitment to "go green" has impacted the world we live in - not to mention the way businesses do business. As pest management professionals, we've been green for some time now. Team Too was one of the first companies in California to utilize natural borates for termie control, and as a family company we have led the way in the use of products designed specifically for use in family environments.  Now, we've raised the bar even further by becoming a QualityPro Green company.

EcoWise certified is an independent, third-party certification programt at distinguishes knowledgeable, leading-edge licensed pest management professionals who practice prevention-based pest control. EcoWise certified practitioners employ a variety of common sense techniques to control pests effectively, minimizing the need to use pesticides.  Pests are denied food, water, shelter and access to your home or facility, providing lasting control.

EcoWise Certified service providers are available to control pests in and around buildings, including homes, schools, businesses, institutions and government facilities.  EcoWise certified professionals can manage ants, roaches, flies, spiders, rodents, stinging insects, bed bugs and many other pests.

EcoWise Certified professionals must pass a rigorous exam and field audit to demonstrate expertise in prevention-based pest control practices.  They use their knowledge of how pests live, feed, reproduce and move to effectively solve pest problems.