Steve Meulemeester has spent 20 years working to remove bugs and rodents from businesses and homes. After spending 16 years with a large pest control company he broke out on his own and started First Defence Pest Control. It’s truly a family business now that his wife Carrie has come on as the handler for their bed bug sniffing dog.

Visit his website here: https://firstdefence.ca/

The Time Stamps:

History of the Job - 00:04:22

Interview Begins - 00:07:28

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The Business Details:

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Sounds You Heard:

Theme Music by Coop

Facts You Heard:

Ameritech History (written by the “Pest Control Poet”)

Information on the history of pest control:

Cornell Timeline of Pest Control Advances

This Book and This Book on bugs being taken to court

General History after the 12th century