Free Tools
Built by a Board Certified Entomologist from the same primary sources as the rest of this reference. Free to use, adapt and share. Each carries its version date; none is legal advice.
Model Multifamily Pest Management Scope of Work
Contract language for an apartment IPM program: qualifications, the written plan, inspection and monitoring, reports and response, treatment, turnover, closure criteria, building conditions, resident preparation and help, and the records that defend you. Callouts for HUD-assisted, LIHTC, HOME and military housing. No prices, no contract terms. Written for private owners; public buyers, read its procurement note first. Word and PDF.
Multifamily IPM Plan Template
A fill-in plan laid out to carry the start date, servicing schedule and methods HUD’s NSPIRE correction standard asks a pest management plan to document. Also an outline for a military housing landlord’s pest control plan. Word and PDF.
Pest Response Log
One line per report from the day you learned of it to the inspection that closed it: source, unit, species, treatments with license numbers, resident prep and help, adjacent units, building conditions, follow-up and closure. Spreadsheet and printable PDF.
Records That Hold Up: Checklist
The ten records published court opinions, HUD and federal auditors turned on, each with its source. One page.
Bed Bug Incident and Response Record
One record per unit: discovery, identification, neighboring units, preparation and help offered, treatments, belongings on relocation, follow-up and closure. Word and PDF.
Resident Prep Sheets (English and Spanish)
Plain-language preparation for bed bug, cockroach and mouse treatments, each ending with a line for residents who need help. PDF and Word.
Property Self-Assessment Walk Checklist
Walk your property the way an entomologist would: trash enclosures, exteriors, common areas, mechanical rooms and units at turnover.
Maintenance-Team Pest Checklist
Repairs your own crew can make without a pest vendor that take away what pests need. No pesticide work on this list.
NSPIRE Pest Deficiencies on One Page
All nine infestation deficiencies with location, severity, correction time and HCV result, plus the trap rule and HUD’s correction standard.
Wasatch Front Multifamily Pest Field Guide
The pests found in Wasatch Front apartments, tagged Leave it, Watch it or Act on it, with who handles each and whether it is protected.
Which Pest Rules Bind My Property? (one-pager)
The homepage decision tree as one printable page.
Records in Practice: What the Software Looks Like
What a records system built for this thesis does today, and what is still in development.
Same-day identification
Text a clear photo to (801) 477-0223 and I'll identify it the same day. — Trenton S. Frazer, BCE