Jun 16, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min · 13 segments
Colten Gonzales founded Firehouse Pest with no prior experience in the pest control industry. Originally pursuing a career as a firefighter, he and his brother in law decided to build a business from…
When you were looking at the industry, I'm so fascinated, right? Because I obviously did similar to you.
I looked at like poop cleaning, right? Like dog poop cleaning, you know, even...
And, um, and I landed on pest, you know, so like what, why did you land on pest control? If you were kind of had it all on the table, what drew you to pest control?
It's, um, like I said, a much needed service, um, termites, scorpions, never going to go away.
And when you reached out to me and said you're starting, when I said, dude, that's the best decision you've probably ever made.
And as you know, so many different people are getting into it, as well as the home service industry.
Knowing what you know now, what do you like about Pest that you wouldn't have liked about Pools?
I like going in people's homes and fixing a problem that they may be having with their kid.
I remember to this day, one of our first clients was a client that lost their baby boy because of a scorpion sting.
When you were looking at the industry, I'm so fascinated, right? Because I obviously did similar to you.
I looked at like poop cleaning, right? Like dog poop cleaning, you know, even...
And, um, and I landed on pest, you know, so like what, why did you land on pest control? If you were kind of had it all on the table, what drew you to pest control?
It's, um, like I said, a much needed service, um, termites, scorpions, never going to go away.
And when you reached out to me and said you're starting, when I said, dude, that's the best decision you've probably ever made.
And as you know, so many different people are getting into it, as well as the home service industry.
Knowing what you know now, what do you like about Pest that you wouldn't have liked about Pools?
I like going in people's homes and fixing a problem that they may be having with their kid.
I remember to this day, one of our first clients was a client that lost their baby boy because of a scorpion sting.
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