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Enviroguard's Mission

The Enviroguard service mission is based on the principles of integrated pest management (IPM). IPM works to reduce factors contributing to unacceptable pest populations in homes and businesses. Our GreenPro service is based on the principles of IPM and our commitment to environmental stewardship.

We have developed policies, procedures, and a quality system to ensure all aspects of our services are based on the needs of our customers. The implementation of these policies maintain our dedication to customer care, our obligation to responsible pest management, and our commitment to quality. Our quality of service, response time, and our role as pest management professionals sets us apart from our competition.

Enviroguard adheres to a strict environmental code of practice, constantly reviewing all company procedures and training. We have established ourselves at the forefront of efforts to reduce pesticide application through the use of natural and preventive (pest exclusion) measures, and through our use of minimum-risk products. A combined program of preventive solutions and the application of the latest technologies enables our customers to enjoy pest-free surroundings with minimum impact on the environment.

All Enviroguard procedures are designed to protect our customers, the technician, and the environment from accident, injury, damage, or conceivable harm while effectively and efficiently controlling pests and termites.

 

 

 

Enviroguard Inc. was established by Lee A. Tubbs in November, 1997. No stranger to the industry, Lee grew up in a family owned pest control business, Atomic Pest Control Company, located on Elvis Presley Boulevard, in Memphis, TN, and founded in 1958 by his uncle, Les Tubbs.

In 1960, his father Earl Tubbs joined the company. Growing up, Lee worked weekends and summers at Atomic. In 1979, Lee began his full-time career in the pest control industry while completing his degree at the University of Memphis, joining Atomic Pest Control as a full-time technician.

Lee received a bachelor’s degree in Pest Control Management from the University of Memphis in 1983, combining courses in entomology, biology and business management. At the University of Memphis, Lee assisted in developing and implementing a campus-wide pest control program. The results of a comprehensive pigeon control program was the subject of his final thesis.

From 1984 to 1989, Lee worked as a pest control inspector for the Tennessee Department of Agriculture. In 1990, following his father’s death, he returned to Atomic Pest Control as General Manager, where he reestablished Atomic as one of the top independent pest control firms in the mid-south region of Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi.

In 1994 he left the family business to travel in Europe and the United Kingdom studying pest control methods and establishing contact with an international affiliate (formerly EnviroGuard UK Ltd.) for his future pest control business in the North Georgia area.  From 1994 to 1997, Lee was a territory sales representative in east Tennessee and north Georgia with Memphis-based Oldham Chemical Company, a wholesale pest control chemical distributor and equipment supplier.  He also served as a trainer and consultant with regional pest control companies, many he still actively counsels.

In 1997 he founded Enviroguard Inc. the parent company of Enviroguard Pest Solutions.  Enviroguard’s emphasis on customer satisfaction have been the catalyst for the company’s rapid growth and success. From the original home-based office, the company has expanded twice to larger locations.

Enviroguard Pest Solutions is a full service pest control company operating in Tennessee and Georgia and specializing in “eco-effective green solutions” for pest and termite control issues.  Enviroguard’s pest management professionals are certified and registered in both states in all aspects of termite and pest control methods.

Lee is a frequent speaker at area and regional organizations including entrepreneurship and strategic management classes at Dalton State College (Dalton, GA) Entrepreneurship Resource Rally, Phi Beta Lambda business events, and at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Entrepreneurship Forums. He and his employees offer a program on pests and pest control for area elementary schools. Lee also speaks to local high school groups. Click here to see comments from students at Southeast Whitfield High School in Dalton, GA. He has authored a monthly column on pest control for the Chattanooga Times Free Press and is a contributor to pest control industry publications.

Lee’s hobbies and interest include international travel, world history, landscaping, and physical fitness. Lee lives in Ringgold, GA with his wife, Dr. Marilyn Helms, is the Dean of Dalton State College’s C. Lamar and Ann Wright School of Business and is the Sesquicentennial Endowed Chair and Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

Celebrating 20 years in Business 11/17/2017

Enviroguard celebrated 20 years in business with a Catoosa Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting and BBQ lunch for customers, elected area officials, employees and friends. Several “mouse” cakes were crafted in honor of the occasion.

Celebrating the Mouse’s 50th Birthday July 12, 2019

Enviroguard’s customers, team, and area leaders helped celebrate the 50th birthday of the famous mouse mascot with cake and cheese on July 12, 2019. The mascot was created from fiberglass on July 12, 1969 and is now the greeting visitors on I-75 at Exit 345, home of Enviroguard Pest Solutions. Read more about this famous mascot.

 

Lee's father, Earl Tubbs was posthumously awarded the Tennessee Pest Control Association's highest honor in July 2014 -- the Lifetime Achievement Award. Earl Tubbs began his career in pest control in 1960 at Atomic Pest Control in Memphis, TN, working nights and week-ends alongside his brother, S.L. “Les” Tubbs, Owner of Atomic Pest Control, who started the company in 1958.

In 1960 he was working as a route man for Model Laundry in Memphis and had a working knowledge of the city streets, scheduling and how routes were set up. Atomic was growing rapidly and needed more workers. Knowing that Earl had this knowledge, Les recruited him for Atomic. Earl had six children to support and his wife, Juanita, was working on her teaching degree at Memphis State during this period, and he was eager to earn extra money and to be a part of a new growing company.

Initially he worked part-time, nights and week-ends learning the trade while continuing to work for Model Laundry. Within a few months Les insisted that he come to work full time and by then he realized the Company's potential and began to work full time.

In 1964 he joined the Memphis Sales Executive Club, a version of Toastmaster. This helped propel him into one of the top salesmen in the Memphis area, where he was named the top Sales Executive in 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1969. During this time, Atomic Pest Control was experiencing incredible growth establishing a presence in the states of Arkansas and Mississippi, as well as phenomenal growth in Memphis and West Tennessee.

Earl was active in the initial West Tennessee Pest Control Association, Tennessee Pest Control Association, Mississippi Pest Control Association, and the Arkansas Pest Control Association. He held licenses in Tennessee and Mississippi.

Les Tubbs named him General Manager in 1978 where he served in that capacity until retirement in 1987. During his career a number of his children worked with him at Atomic: sons Lee, Stan, and Kent, daughter Cheryl and son-in-law Glen Cooper.

Earl Tubbs had an easy going personality, loved the industry, talking to people, and was a “people person” much loved by his co-workers and the community. His wife Juanita taught high school English (novelist John Grisham was her student) and retired from Southhaven (MS) high school as librarian. Lee credits his Mom for his love of history.

          

Company Awards & Certifications

• Winner of the Better Business Bureau's Torch Award for "Marketplace Ethics" in 2017 and 2006
  • 5 businesses win Torch Awards for ethics
  • BBB 2017 Torch Awards And Scholarship Winners Announced
  • BBB 2017 Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics Recipients
• Voted one of the top three Best of the Best 2016 Pest Control companies in North Georgia by the Chattanooga Times Free Press newspaper
• Received the Catoosa County Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year for 2014
• Winner of the Dalton Daily Citizen 2012 Reader's Choice award company/exterminators
• Voted one of the Best of the Best 2012 Pest Control companies in North Georgia by the Chattanooga Times Free Press newspaper
• Received the Catoosa County Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year for 2010
• Drug Free Workplace certified since 2004. The company is also "tobacco-free" and only hires tobacco-free employees
• All Employees are certified Quality Pro through pre-employment screening, intensive training, on-going testing and continuing education courses
  • Received the Quality Pro Schools designation in 2005
  • Received the Quality Pro GreenPro designation in October 2010
• Received the industry's seal of approval, the QualityPro designation in 2004, and was the first company in both Georgia and Tennessee to receive this designation. QualityPro is the mark of excellence in pest management.

Enviroguard's Industry Association Memberships

• National Pest Management Association (NPMA)
  
• Georgia Pest Control Association (GPCA) and GPCA Guardians
• Tennessee Pest Control Association (TPCA)
• Homebuilder's Association of Dalton
• National Homebuilders Association
• Greater Chattanooga Association of Realtors
• Gordon County Chamber of Commerce
• Catoosa County Chamber of Commerce

Enviroguard’s Community Service Projects

• Extreme Make-Over Home Edition, Sharrock Family (Patrick and parents Michael and Cindy). Provided installation of Sentricon^® for 24/7/365 termite protection
• Prater’s Mill, Dalton, GA  provided free control of powder post beetles and pest control service
• Historic Ringgold Depot, Ringgold, GA provided installation of Sentricon^® for 24/7/365 termite protection
• Catoosa County Habit for Humanity, multiple home projects in the North Georgia area providing termite treatments during construction, 2007 to present
• Historic Varnell House restoration project in Varnell, GA,  provided installation of Sentricon^® for 24/7/365 termite protection
• Historic Cook-Huff house in Dalton, GA providing termite and pest control services
• Habitat for Humanity of Chattanooa, Michaela's home. Provided installation of Sentricon^® for 24/7/265 termite protection.
• Feed-A-Family, Thanksgiving, 2019

Chattanooga Area Food Bank Ribbon Cutting

 

Georgia Chamber Policy Workshop, Nov 17, 2014 with Gov. Nathan Deal

 

Lee Tubbs’ Community Memberships

• Member, Catoosa County Georgia Comprehensive Plan Committee, February 2020 – present.
• Nominee, 2019 Catoosa County Chamber of Commerce 2019 Business Person Hall of Fame
• Chair, City of Ringgold (GA) Planning and Zoning Commission, September 2007 to 2018; Member 2003 to 2018
• Member, Downtown Ringgold Strategic Visioning and Planning Process Steering Committee, Spring 2017
• Member Ringgold Rotary Club, 2002 to 2013.  
  • Paul Harris Fellow
  • Past President, 2005 to 2006 – club membership achieved 100% Paul Harris Fellows during this year
  • Program Chair, 2002-2003
  • Membership Chair, 2007-2008 
  • Awarded the W. Lee Arrendale recognition for vocational excellence, October 13, 2009
• Member, Catoosa County Chamber of Commerce, 2001 to present.
  • Immediate Past-Chair, 2018
  • Board Chair, January 2016 to January 2018
  • Board Member, 2007-2009 and 2013-2018
  • Chair, Legislative Committee 2013 to present
  • Past Co-Chair, Membership Retention Committee 
  • Past service as a Chamber Ambassador welcoming new business to the area
  • Cited in the April 2017 Georgia Trend Magazine
• Member, Homebuilders Association of Dalton, 1998 to present
  • Vice President of Associates, 2005 to present
• Member, Business Management Advisory Committee, Georgia Northwestern Technical College, 2014 to present
• Member, Scholarship Committee , Gordon County Chamber of Commerce
• Member, Catoosa County (Ringgold and Ft. Oglethorpe, GA) Comprehensive Plan Committee, January 2020 to present.

  

Chairman Tubbs Thanked for Service Photo

 

Lee attends numerous Chamber activities including
new business ribbon cuttings and "Member of the Week" events.

Award Presentation at Celebrate Catoosa Event

 

Networking at lunch

Lee Tubbs' Service in Industry Associations

• Member, National Pest Management Association’s Quality Pro Board, 2011 to 2013
• Member, Georgia Pest Control Association, 1997 to Present
  • Advisor, 2020 North Georgia Conference Committee
  • Co-Chair WDO (wood-destroying organisms) Committee, 2013 to 2014
  • Member, Executive Director Search Committee, January-July 2014
  • President 2010-2011, Board Chair 2011-2012
  • Education Committee Co-Chair, 2007
  • Region One Director 1998-1999; 2005-2007; and 2019 to present
  • Co-Chair and Committee Member, Northwest Conference in Dalton, GA 2005 to present
• Member, Tennessee Pest Control Association (TPCA) since 1993; Regional Director 1993 to 1994; 1997 to 1998; and 2022 to present. Past Executive Board Member 2007 - 2008
• Member, National Pest Management Association (NPMA) since 1997
• Past President, Greater Memphis Area Pest Control Association, 1993
• Member, Chattanooga Area Pest Control Association since 1997; Past President 2002
• Member, National Homebuilders Association since 1998

Enviroguard's Licenses and Charters

• We hold Tennessee Charter #1078 to perform general pest control, wood destroying organisms control, and bird control. We also hold certifications in microbial pest control.
• In Georgia, we are licensed by the Department of Agriculture to perform general pest control, wood destroying organism, mosquito control and anti-microbial pest control. License #98722 and License #17088 for mosquito control.

Our Industry Association and Membership Links

Georgia Pest Control Association

 

Our Professional Membership Links

Gordon County Chamber of Commerce

Business Network International

EPA Healthy Home Initiative

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
(All chemical products used by Enviroguard, Inc. meet the strict specifications of the US EPA.)

EPA Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program

Ringgold NOW Downtown Partners

 

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Company Publicity in Industry Trade Journals:

http://www.pctonline.com/pct0214-termite-market-opportunities.aspx

http://www.pctonline.com/pct1213-innovative-companies.aspx

http://www.pctonline.com/pct1107_coverstory.aspx

http://www.pctonline.com/enviroguard-small-business-award.aspx

Management Professional Journal's October 2018

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