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Action Termite and Pest Control is featured during the recent Bed Bug News:

Breaking News:  Action Termite and Pest Control is featured on Forbes Media Network.  See President of Action, John Russell speak about bed bug dogs in New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia.

 

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Breaking News:  Action Termite and Pest Control is featured on Channel 29 Fox Philadelphia.  See Michael Russell, VP and Dog Handler Steven Rozek live on the air in Philly with Rex the Bed Bug Dog.

 

 

 

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Breaking News:  Action Termite and Pest Control is featured on NBC's Today Show.  See Dog Handler Steven Rozek at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City with Rex the Bed Bug Dog.

 

NJ Pest Control Company Uses Dog as Bedbug Detector

Bedbugs here, bedbugs there, bedbugs everywhere in the news these days: planes, theatres, and office buildings.  No place is seemingly immune.

But KYW’s Mike Dougherty reports that some companies now are fighting the six-legged problem with a four-legged solution.

(Dog handler:)  “Seek, seek, seek.”

(Rex gets a satisfying scratch from handler Steven Rozek.)

The creepy, crawly pests can’t escape Rex’s nose.  He’s one of three specially trained and certified bedbug-sniffing dogs used by Toms River-based Action Pest Control.

Handler Steven Rozek says Rex is 98-percent accurate:

“He can get up to two inches. If it’s in the front of the couch, he’s definitely going to find it in the front of the couch. He’s going to put his nose right there.”

Michael Russell, with Action, says Rex doesn’t know he’s working:

“They consider it fun. In fact, all these dogs are rescue dogs. These dogs are chosen because maybe they were ripping up carpet at home or tearing up somebody’s house. These dogs just simply need a job to do.”

Rex can scour a one-bedroom apartment in about two minutes.

(Photo by KYW’s Mike Dougherty)

Breaking News:  Action Termite and Pest Control is featured on New York's WPIX.  See Dog Handler David Kendrick and Project Manager Todd Lorah  with Cassie the Bed Bug Dog.

 

Breaking News:  Action Termite and Pest Control is featured on National Public Radio's All Things Considered.  Listen to  Dog Handler Dave Kendrick from SOHO in New York with Cassie the Bed Bug Dog.

 

 

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The Following Appeared in the NJAA's AIM Magazine May 2010

Bed Bug Control and the Effective Use of Bed Bug Dogs to Maximize Results

By Michael Russell

VP of Sales

Action Termite and Pest Control

The resurgence of bed bugs over the last 3 years has been widely reported and many property managers are affected by this infestation.

Unhappy tenants, the loss of income and the expenditure of Bed Bug Control are on the rise for Property Managers.  

When researching the most effective way to combat bed bugs, it is evident that everyone seems to have a different approach.  Some companies use dogs for inspections, some don't, some companies use steam or cryonite, some don't.  This inconsistency leaves a property manager to make the right choice.  But what is the right choice when it comes to curtailing the rise of infestation? 

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Please review the following to learn more about Action Termite & Pest Control of New Jersey from our recent press clippings:

Action Appears on Front Page of Los Angeles Times, Wednesday, October 21, 2009

 

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How man’s best friend can help him evict his nastiest bedmate

by Pamela Paul

Dog Bites Bug

“You see this?” says John Russell of New Jersey’s Action Termite & Pest Control, pointing into an overstuffed Manhattan closet where one of his dogs, a black Lab named Sara, has indicated a problem. “Clutter! That’s why bedbugs are so hard to find.” The apartment’s tenant, who has lived in his one-bedroom for 34 years, hovers nearby. When Sara noses one of the many jackets within, the tenant grabs it. “I’ll just throw it out,” he says, ushering the garment into the hallway.

Sara isn’t one of Peruyero’s dogs, but a graduate of a competing outfit, the Florida Canine Academy, which claims to have been the first to enter the bedbug business, and also certifies teams to detect bombs, drugs, money, weapons, termites, and arson. Florida Canine’s trainees, selected for their work ethic, drive, and desire to please, are taught to gesture with their nose, because, “dogs who give the paw,” the owner, Bill Whitstine, says scornfully, “can scratch furniture or end up spreading the bugs around.”

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THREE QUESTIONS"Getting bugs is his business

Sunday, August 10, 2008

John Russell makes a living from bugs and rodents.

 

Russell, 43, is general manager of Action Termite and Pest Control in Toms River, a business that has been around since 1971.

 

Russell, a former computer repair technician decided to return to his father's business in 1986 after realizing that corporate America wasn't what he wanted.

 

Russell talked to The Star-Ledger about the family business and a worst assignment ever.

 

What are some preventive tips you can give about pest control?

 

Mice can fit through openings quarter of an inch. Always seal up openings around the outside of the home including door sweeps, pipe openings and make sure garage doors are tightly closed

 

Termites: Store all excess building materials and firewood away from the house, wood is a source of food. Fix water leaks in the home, termites also need water. And get a yearly inspection.

 

Roaches: Use containerized roach baits. Wash kitchen cabinets with warm water, boric acid and baking soda and don't leave unwashed dishes in the sink.

 

How do you deal with customers who have bed bugs?

Bed bugs infest only a small proportion of residences, but they should be suspected if residents complain of bites that occurred while sleeping.

 

When a customer calls in with a bed bug problem, the following steps are used.

  • We use a canine team to pinpoint all infested areas. Dogs work much faster using their nose than a technician pulling a room apart and checking all possible hiding spaces. We then treat the entire residence

  • We then use a steam treatment, a safe non-chemical application, which will destroy all egg capsules and any nymphs that might have hatched from eggs after the first treatment.

    We also ask the homeowner to install bed bug covers to the mattresses and box springs and vacuum at least every other day to all areas treated. This includes mattresses, floors, furniture, moldings to remove all carcasses and eggs from the room.

  • Another sweep by the canine is done to ensure the area is clean and a final treatment applied.

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    Share your "nightmare" job since you've been in business?

    The nastiest job I had to encounter was a severe maggot and fly infestation, as well as odor control in an apartment.  This job was in early August in 1988 or 1989. One of the residents committed suicide. Unfortunately, no family member had checked on him for about three weeks after the incident.

     

    We were called in by the complex management office. We arrived about 20 minutes after the coroner removed the body. There were thousands of flies and just as many maggots.

     

    The decomposition was so bad that the body had burned an impression of the entire body on the carpet. I had to go back three times with three different technicians, because each one of them couldn't handle the smell.

     

    I will never forget that experience and hope never to encounter something like that again.

    -- Cynthia Parker

    http://www.nj.com/business/ledger/index.ssf?/base/business-10/1218342939223290.xml&coll=1

    Biz Buzz: Don't let the bedbugs bite

     
    Friday, July 18, 2008

    Start throwing around terms like "host" and "bloodsucker" and a couple of things come to mind. Politicians, sure, but that's just too easy.

    Hookworms, leeches, Pacific lamprey. All cuddle-challenged creatures in their own way, but still nothing you'd likely encounter in your bedroom at 3 a.m.

    That leaves bedbugs, those wingless insects that have scared countless generations of children. If you suspect a problem, the Harvard School of Public Health recommends carefully examining the nooks and crannies of sleeping areas, keeping a nose out for a coriander-like odor that may be present in heavy infestations.

    Or you can send Sarah and Rex into the place. The two black Labrador retrievers spend their days working for Action Termite and Pest Control of Toms River, sniffing around for bedbugs.

    The former shelter dogs were given more than 800 hours of training in Florida to track the elusive bedbug. The company said Sarah and Rex are more than 90 percent accurate and can pinpoint infestations.

    Nighty night.

    -- Greg Saitz

    http://www.nj.com/business/ledger/index.ssf?/base/business-9/1216355859319820.xml&coll=1

    KYW on Your Health- (Subscribe)
    Goodnight, Don't Let the Bedbugs Bite
    KYW's Michelle Durham spoke to John Russell, general manager of Action Termite and Pest Control about how you get bedbugs and what it takes to get rid of them. (10:06)

    Source:  http://www.kyw1060.com/topic/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=2744140

    		    Posted: Saturday, 12 July 2008 10:39AM

    Goodnight, Don't Let the Bedbugs Bite

    by KYW’s Michelle Durham

    It's a problem that many people don't know they have or if they do, they don't want to talk about it; bedbugs. And once you have them, it takes a lot of effort to get rid of them.

    General Manager of Action Termite and Pest Control John Russell explains how you get bedbugs in the first place:

    "You would go to a hotel after someone left that had bedbugs. You would put your clothing into the drawers and dressers and not realizing it then you take your clothes with you when you leave; go home and then spread it to the residential area."

    It takes a lot of effort to get rid of them. Russell and his team bring in bug sniffing dogs to determine where they are; once that happens the intensive treatment begins:

    "We have to treat every nook and cranny: picture frames, moldings, electrical outlets. We have to pull the carpet up. The second treatment is actually steam."

    Steam will kill the eggs that haven't hatched yet. Bedbugs leave tiny blood stains on mattresses and sheets, so you can look for those. And Russell says when you check into a hotel pull the sheets off the bed and check the mattress seams and the headboards.

    Source:  http://www.kyw1060.com/pages/2585530.php

    Bedbugs are making a comeback

    By JASON NARK
    Philadelphia Daily News

    narkj@phillynews.com 856-779-3231

    When a bedbug is siphoning your blood, it usually goes to the bathroom in the wound.

    That's just one of the many horrors that accompany infestations, which have become increasingly common in hotel rooms, cruise ships, houses, dormitories and even airplanes in recent years.

    All but eradicated in the 1950s, bedbugs have made quite the comeback, hitchhiking their way across the world in luggage.

    And exterminators say no one can sleep tight at night.

    Bedbugs have "definitely become a problem again," said John Russell, general manager of Action Termite & Pest Control, in Toms River, N.J.

    And "they don't care whether you're rich or poor," he said.

    Last year, the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City was reported to have bedbugs in the hotel before its gaming license was revoked.

    Russell's company is treating hotels in New York and Atlantic City for bedbugs as well as an 11-story building in Philadelphia.

    To help, Mike Russell, the company's vice president of marketing, says it employs two bug-sniffing dogs to root out bedbugs - and they're in high demand.

    "We're getting at least 20 bedbug calls a week," he said.

    John Russell said bedbugs are classic hitchhikers, finding humans from the carbon dioxide we exhale and hopping off into our beds, where they feed and breed at night. One female can lay up to 500 eggs.

    Sometimes, bedbugs can even be transferred by furniture stores that pick up old mattresses and carry them in delivery vans alongside new beds, John Russell said.

    The flat brown bugs can usually be seen underneath or in the seams of mattresses or nesting behind headboards during the day.

    Tiny blood stains on mattresses and sheets are also a sign that you've got bugs that are feasting.

    Bedbugs inject a numbing agent so their bite can't be felt.

    John Russell says they haven't been found to transmit diseases.

    Still, they're not a bug you can live with. *

     http://www.philly.com/philly/news/24305934.html

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