Fumigation Services

Fumigation is the application of an insecticide gas to a specific volume. As the gas expands into that volume, it penetrates all cracks, crevices and pores. Depending on your specific needs, the chosen gas will comprehensively control all types of pests present in the treated areas without impacting compromising the environment for humans or food qualities. 

Additionally, fumigation gas controls insects in every stage of their life cycle, to include the egg and larval stages. Fumigation is also useful in treating most microbial infections, such as mould and fungus. Effective against all stages of insect development and used to help eradicate a variety of pests, fumigation is particularly effective where global trade is involved, such as in agriculture and warehousing facilities. 

Fumigation is a complex pest control method with many variables that need to be considered for the treatment to be carried out safely, legally and effectively. Rentokil Boecker® offers expert commercial fumigation services to support businesses, not only ensuring commercial properties and business assets are kept pest-free, but that services are delivered by competent and licensed field professionals with the required knowledge, skill and experience.

Preventative And Curative Pest Fumigation Treatments

Rentokil Boecker® offers a wide range of fumigation services in a variety of commercial settings, typically:

International Standards For Fumigation (ISPM15)

The International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures No.15 (ISPM 15) is an International Phytosanitary Measure developed by the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) that “directly addresses the need to treat wood materials of a thickness greater than 6mm, used to ship products between countries.” These guidelines for regulating wood packaging material were designed to protect international trade.

ISPM15 requirements:

• All countries that have signed up to the scheme have set criteria in which they will accept timber packaging from around the world and how it must be treated.
• Each country also has set up implementation dates in which their country will only accept certified treated packaging after those dates.
• While each country signed up to the scheme will accept treated and certified packaging, the packaging must also meet that country’s own import conditions on top of the ISPM15 requirements.
• Once packaging has been treated and certified under the scheme it remains certified for the lift of the packaging as long as it does not have to be repaired or parts replaced.

Types Of Fumigants

The deployment of each fumigant is site specific due to the different properties and behaviour of each gas. Rentokil Boecker® uses two gases for fumigation treatment: Phosphine or sulfuryl fluoride based gases.