Essex County Office of Public Health Management

OUR MISSION

• Our goal is to promote emotional and physical resilience in the community. We aim to prevent, detect, and educate about diseases while developing new policies to advance the well-being of our residents. We strive to be culturally inclusive and provide the best quality of care.

Please click here to view the 2022 Essex County community assessment.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

• Locations COVID Vaccination & Testing and Blood Pressure Screenings 

ENVIRONMENTAL

• The Essex County Health Department is responsible for the enforcement of all environmental laws within Essex County including the areas of solid waste enforcement, air, noise, and water pollution and hazardous response.  To report an environmental complaint, call 973-497-9401.
• Open Public Records Request (OPRA)
  • If you are looking to request access to public records pursuant to OPRA, please click here. 

RIGHT TO KNOW

• The Health Department is also the county lead Right to Know agency.  Copies of Right to Know surveys can be sent to the Health Department via email at ecdohceha@admin.essexcountynj.org

NJ MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS

• Mission statement: The Essex County Public Health Reserve Corps was established in 2005 and is housed within the Essex County Department of Health and Rehab. The mission of the Essex County Medical Reserve Corps is to provide trained and prepared individuals, from both medical and non-medical backgrounds, who will respond to public health emergencies and other health related community needs, in an effort to save lives and reduce the threat of disease or injury in Essex County communities.
• MRC HOME PAGE
• Click here to Join the MRC

LINCS

• As part of its responsibility to protect the health and safety of our more than 850,000 residents of Essex County, the Essex County Department of Health has established a number of mechanisms to provide emergency information throughout the county. As part of this program, Essex County developed and implemented an e-mail Emergency Notification System. This emergency notification system, PHENS (Public Health Emergency Network System), is part of a larger national and state communication system maintained by the New Jersey Department of Health, known as the New Jersey Local Information Network and Communication System or NJ-LINCS. Examples of the information we receive and distribute range from food recalls and communicable disease outbreaks to alerts from the NJ Office of Counter-Terrorism and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

• PHENS is the Public Health Emergency Network System. New Jersey state provides us with important public health information that the Essex County Health Department wants to share with as many community members as possible. We are encouraging businesses and organizations in Essex County to sign up for the PHENS email notifications. You can do this by clicking on the PHENS link on the homepage.

Message from the County Executive

The Health Alert Network

• Is a no cost, statewide public health emergency notification system that links together public health, health care, and community partners
• Provides accurate public health information from reliable sources
• Supports state and local public health emergency preparedness and response efforts
• Is a secure, redundant, electronic communications system based on state-of-the-art internet and wireless technologies.

COVID-19

• • Information
    • What to expect from vaccine
    • V-safe for reporting vaccine side effects
    • COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility
    • Isolation & Quarantine and Protocol
  • News
    • Process for Covid-19 Vaccination Is Streamlined in Populous Essex County, N.J.
    • Vice President Kamala Harris Visits Garden State
  • Resources
    • Essex County Social Support Manual

FAQ

• What are the operation hours of the Health Department?
  • Our Health Department and call center are open Monday-Friday 9am-5pm.
• What is MRC?
  • MRC is the Medical Reserve Corps. The MRC volunteers are individuals who have certain skills pertaining to health care. They will serve as a team during emergencies to help the community. We are always taking volunteers and providing training. Please click the MRC link on the home page to sign up.
• What is a LINCS Agency?
  • This emergency notification system is part of a larger national and state communication system, maintained by the New Jersey Department of Health, known as the New Jersey Local Information Network and Communication System or NJ-LINCS.NJLINCS is a system of public health professionals and electronic public health information that enhance the identification and containment of diseases and hazardous conditions that threaten the public’s health. The LINCS agency is how the PHENS messages provided for the health department to send to residents.
• What is PHENS?
  • PHENS is the Public Health Emergency Network System. PHENS is apart of being a LINCS agency. New Jersey state provides us with important public health information that the Essex County Health Department wants to be able to share with as many community members as possible. We are encouraging businesses and organizations in Essex County to sign up for the PHENS email notifications. You can do this by clicking on the PHENS link on the homepage.
• What is the mobile van?
  • Our mobile van is a van that goes to different areas and events in Essex County. We supply COVID-19 vaccines and blood pressure monitoring. We are hoping to expand our mobile van for different functions soon. Please check back weekly for our mobile van schedule.