Surveillance and Epidemiology:
Enhance, design, and/or develop systems for rapid detection of unusual outbreaks of illness that may be a result of bioterrorism, outbreaks of infectious disease, and other public health threats and emergencies. Collaborations with hospitals, local health departments and the NJ Department of Health and Senior Services developing surveillance systems and investigation planning.

LINCS Communications:
Respond to the need for rapid and secure communications. The Local Information and Network Communication System is part of the Health Alert Network. The LINCS system can broadcast email communications of urgent public health information to all public health agencies at the local and state levels as well as to private and nonprofit organizations that need the information and are part of the network.

Education and Training:
Assess the training needs of key public health professionals, infectious disease specialists, emergency department personnel, other key healthcare providers and emergency response personnel. Ensure effective provision of needed education and training. Provide educational presentations to the community to answer questions and concerns.

Risk Communications:
Develop an effective risk communications plan that provides for timely information dissemination to citizens during a bioterrorist attack, outbreak of infectious disease, or other public health threat or emergency.

Public Health Planning:
Provide assistance during implementation of New Jersey’s Public Health Practice Standards. Support local health agencies and community organizations assess health needs and develop a county community health improvement plan.

Environmental Health Specialists:
Michelle Pizarro-Allen, James Deacon and Scott Aue, under the jurisdiction of the County Environmental Health Act, are responsible for environmental emergencies and complaints, and conduct inspections or investigations on a 24-hour basis if needed. Basic inspections, investigations, and field studies are performed to determine and ensure compliance with State codes in the areas of air, safe drinking water, surface water enforcement, noise and hazardous materials emergency response. Based on these inspections and investigations, we develop enforcement cases, and issue enforcement documents in accord with specific state statutes, regulations, and engineering plans and specifications. 973-631-5484