The Morris Regional Public Health Partnership has been awarded a grant from The New Jersey Health Officers Association to provide Mass Prophylaxis and Public Information Training projects. Both projects intend the development of skills by local health departments to better provide services during a time when large numbers of the general public are required to obtain vaccinations and other public health services. There are two exercises that the Partnership has committed to conduct. One exercise will train personnel in the use of a new system of large scale vaccination delivery. The exercise will evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using the customary syringes versus the new PharmaJet injector system. This event will be the initial testing of the PharmaJet injector system under conditions requiring mass vaccination. The second exercise will provide advanced training to the Health Officers and Public Information Officers in Morris County to develop the communication skills required for effective interaction with representatives of the public television media.  An important component of both projects will be the preparation of an instruction manual that may be used by other health departments in the state for similar training purposes. The results of the exercise were reported at the Influenza Preparedness Summit that was held at the end of September.