Entomology Department

Mission

The Entomology Department supports operational forces and shore installations throughout the AOR. We provide disease-vector and pest control services for contingencies, as directed by a higher authority. We also conduct pest management program reviews at shore installations and provide pest control training to shipboard Medical Department personnel, pesticide applicator recertification training to Preventive Medicine personnel and civilians and Operational Entomology training to preventive medicine personnel.

                                                         Mosquito Surveillance         

Vision

Our vision is to protect operating forces from vector-borne disease via direct vector-control support and by implementation of the DoD arthropod repellent program, as established by the Armed Forces Pest Management Board. Further, we are committed to ensuring that pest control, afloat and ashore is conducted safely and effectively.

Services

     Entomology Courses:

     1. Shipboard Pest Management CIN: B-322-1075  

          20.0 Continuing Education Credit for IDCs who successfully complete both the classroom and field training portions of the course will be issued a Shipboard Pest Control Certificate (NAVMED6250/1), which would qualify them to conduct shipboard pest control operation.

      2. DOD Pest Management Recertification CIN: B-322-1074

This is a four-day course designed to re-certify DoD civilian pesticide applicators and Preventive Medicine Technicians (PMTs) from the Navy, Army and Air Force as DoD Pesticide Applicators. PMTs must be re-certified every three years. The curriculum includes refresher information and updates on current federation; vector identification, surveys and control and hands on pesticide dispersal equipment training. This course is available once a year at NEPMU-6.

     3. Operational Entomology Training CIN: B-322-1077

  Deployment Readiness:

      Permethrin uniform application assistance  

    Download the "NEPMU-6 Standard Procedures Guide For Mass Permethrin Treatment of Uniforms"

      Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for pesticide applicators.

      Pre-deployment guidelines

Washdown Procedures:  SOP for USDA mandated agricultural wash and inspection of military vehicles and equipment being re-deployed from OCONUS. *Contigency Retrograde Washdowns: /Cleaning and Inspection Procedures Armed Forces Pest Management Board Technical Information Memorandum NO.31 (AFPMB TIM 31)

    Shipboard Technical Assistance:

      Navy Shipboard Pest Control Manual (large Adobe file, right click to download)

    Derat Certification:

      One month extension policy

      Expiration

      Certification for conducting de-rat inspection

     Pest Management Certifications

      Technical Information Memorandum on Filth Flies
                    (large Adobe Acrobat File, right-click to download)

       What's New at AFPMB

     Navy Environmental Health Center

     Navy Disease Vector Ecology Control Center, Bangor

     Navy Disease Vector Ecology Control Center, Jacksonville

      Pesticides and Pest Management Equipment

      MSDS Online

      Vector-borne Disease Information:

Disease Vector Ecology Profiles (DVEPS)

DVEPS are country specific briefs describing vector-borne disease threats. These are available from the Defense Pest Management Information Analysis Center.

             World Health Organization Division of Control of Tropical Diseases

               CDC National Center for Infectious Diseases

             West Nile Virus Fever (from the NYC Dept of Health)

Contact us at:

COM: (808) 473-0555 ext. 241, 264, or 265

DSN: 473-0555 ext. 241, 264, or 265

Email: ento@nepmu6.med.navy.mil

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Last update: 23 Dec 2003