AVIATION
Aviation & Mosquito Control
Our aviation program supports all key operations at CCMCD. From quick surveillance of hard-to-reach areas to nighttime adulticiding treatments after a major storm, and even the occasional public outreach event. By far it is most useful in quickly treating large areas to control mosquito larvae.
Our aircrafts are equipped with computerized guidance treatment systems which aid the pilots on applying our mosquito control products inside the target areas. These guidance systems will direct the pilot to release the product at a calculated distance upwind so downwind the product reaches the ground where it was intended to.
Aerial Surveillance
Aerial surveillance allows us to spot standing water quickly from above to direct the ground crew to those locations and also quickly inspect the mosquito breeding sites with the helicopter in hard to reach areas. Once it is confirmed mosquitoes are breeding in an area, it may become a target for our aircraft to treat that day or the next day.
Aerial Larviciding
The helicopter is equipped with a dry broadcaster system which can hold a large amount of granular larvicide that targets mosquito larvae before they become biting adults. This gives us the ability to larvicide large mosquito breeding sites very quickly. We can set up a landing zone close to the target area so a ground team can reload the broadcasters and refuel the helicopters as needed.
Aerial Adulticiding
Aerial adulticiding is done by equipping the helicopter with a wet broadcaster system. Aerial ULV spraying creates a blanket of fog, that controls adult mosquitoes as the fog descends to the ground. The helicopter can cover more acres per hour than all of our spray trucks combined can cover per hour. The helicopter has the ability to fly above the trees and put the product where it is needed versus using spray trucks that are limited by prevailing winds and being bound to only streets. We can setup a landing zone close to the target area to refuel the helicopters and refill the spray tanks as needed.