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Operations

Public space mosquito control sign with cartoon images of a pond, truck, and person.

The Operations Department implements mosquito and vector control prevention strategies in the field.

Long-term mosquito prevention is accomplished by incorporating Integrated Vector Management (IVM) methodologies, which uses a combination of applied field techniques involving physical, chemical, and biological control methods.

Responsibilities of operational field staff include inspecting neglected pools and ponds, channels, underground storm drains, spreading basins, rivers, flood channels, street gutters and urban mosquito breeding sources.

Operations staff also work with city officials and other public agencies to improve infrastructure and communicate public health threats.

A worker is testing water in a puddle on a street beside a utility truck.
Two people examining a garden with fallen citrus fruits.
Road maintenance crew with equipment and a truck, one person holding a stop sign, in a sunny residential area.
A person cleaning a pool with a net.
A person tends to a red bromeliad plant in a garden with a wooden chair and lush greenery in the background.
A person examining a plant by a stream, wearing glasses and a shirt with pens and a badge.
A worker in a uniform is examining or operating equipment in a lush, green outdoor setting.
Service worker with a clipboard at a house's front door, possibly delivering or providing a service.
Worker in high-vis vest and helmet examining plants in a stream.
A nighttime street scene with a pickup truck, houses, streetlights, and a sign on a pole.
A man works at a desk with two monitors displaying data maps, with phones, papers, and a whiteboard visible.
A worker is testing water in a puddle on a street beside a utility truck.
Two people examining a garden with fallen citrus fruits.
Road maintenance crew with equipment and a truck, one person holding a stop sign, in a sunny residential area.
A person cleaning a pool with a net.
A person tends to a red bromeliad plant in a garden with a wooden chair and lush greenery in the background.
A person examining a plant by a stream, wearing glasses and a shirt with pens and a badge.
A worker in a uniform is examining or operating equipment in a lush, green outdoor setting.
Service worker with a clipboard at a house's front door, possibly delivering or providing a service.
Worker in high-vis vest and helmet examining plants in a stream.
A nighttime street scene with a pickup truck, houses, streetlights, and a sign on a pole.
A man works at a desk with two monitors displaying data maps, with phones, papers, and a whiteboard visible.