Navy Pest Control Program Flashcards
Term: Any arthropod or rodent capable of transmitting disease to individuals act as intermediate hosts or reservoirs or affect personnel efficiency or morale.
Vector
Term: Individual potentially susceptible to illness
Host
Term: Organism where the agent lives and multiplies
Reservoir
Term: any substance or mixture of substance that kills pests
Pesticide
What are the functions of a Navy entomologist?
Provides shipboard pest consultation, tech assist, recommendations to fleet commands
Conducts training for shipboard pest specialist certification
Review and evaluates shipboard procedures, pesticides, equipments, and new technologies
What is the purpose for conducting vector control operations?
Preserves health and morale of Navy + Marine personnel
- prevents disease transmission to man
- ensures sanitary conditions + safe food supply
- eliminates hosts/reservoir
Instruction: Department of Defense Pest Management Program
DOD Directives 4150.07
What instruction provides basic standards, policies, and minimum levels for governing navy’s pest control programs?
DOD Pest Management Program, DOD Directives 4150.07
What instruction provides Navy + Marines with procedure for implementing pest management programs?
OPNAVINST 6250.4B, Pest Management Programs
Instruction: Pest management programs
OPNAVINST 6250.4B
What instruction outlines DOD/OPNAV/BUMED policies + procedures with detailed guidelines for shipboard pest management?
Shipboard Pest Management Manual NAVMED P-5052-26
Who is responsible for standardizing pesticide + equipment recommended by BUMED for use aboard ships?
NAVSEASYSCOM, Naval Sea Systems Command
Who is responsible for ensuring SMDR is certified in shipboard pest management and only approved pesticides + equipment are stored/used aboard ship?
CO
Who is responsible to procure approved pest control items, conduct/supervise pest management, record all pest management activities, and report pest management info to higher authority?
SMDR
What is Navy’s policy in regards to integrated pest management programs?
minimizes pesticide use through the development and implementation of pest management techniques
What does an integrated pest management program identify? And what instruction is used as reference?
Trained/competent certified personnel Control strategies Materials + equipment Staffing Safety Environmental protection Pest management goals
OPNAVINST 6250.4 Pest management programs
What are the 3 DOD pesticide standards?
Restricted
Non-restricted
Nonstandard pesticides
DOD pesticide standard: used by trained pesticide applicator, includes all EPA pesticides (ie. repellants)
Restricted
DOD pesticide standard: available without control through military supply system (meaning MSDS), no special training required, only trained personnel may apply, contact EPMU (entomologist) if applicators seem doubtful.
Non-restricted
Pesticide type: control mites, scorpions, spiders, and ticks
Acaricide
Pesticide type: control fungi
Fungicide
Pesticide type: control undesired vegetation
Herbicide
Pesticide type: Control insects, adulticide, larvicide, + ovicide
Insecticiide