Systems and methods of muster with beacons and gateways
Systems for muster include an entrance receiving device in a location adapted to receive a plurality of beacon broadcasts from one or more of a plurality of mobile beacons, each associated with a worker and broadcasting an identification ID of the worker, to create an on-site record of workers entering or exiting the location. The system includes a muster site receiving device at a muster site to record an identification ID from beacon broadcasts of workers at the muster site. The on-site record is compared to the recorded muster site IDs to determine if all workers have mustered. Alarms may be triggered if not.
1. A system, comprising:
an entrance receiving device in a location adapted to receive a plurality of beacon broadcasts from one or more of a plurality of mobile beacons, each of the plurality of mobile beacons associated with a worker entering or exiting the location, wherein each of the plurality of mobile beacons broadcasts an identification ID and data regarding a range of relevance, and wherein, for each of the plurality of mobile beacons, if the entrance receiving device determines that the mobile beacon is within the range of relevance based on the data regarding the range of relevance and a signal strength of the received broadcast, the entrance receiving device is further adapted to store the identification ID in a record of each identification ID on-site in the location; and
a muster site receiving device at a muster site adapted to receive a plurality of beacon broadcasts from one or more of a plurality of mobile beacons, wherein, for each of the plurality of mobile beacons received by the muster site receiving device, if the muster site receiving device determines that the mobile beacon is within the range of relevance based on the data regarding the range of relevance in the beacon broadcast and a signal strength of the received broadcast, the muster site receiving device records the identification ID resulting in recorded muster site on-site IDs; and
a processor that compares the recorded muster site on-site IDs to the record of identification IDs on-site in the location, determines if there are identification IDs on-site in the location in the record that are not among the recorded muster site on-site IDs, and triggers an alarm if there are identification IDs on-site in the record that are not among the recorded muster site on-site IDs.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the alarm comprises an audio alert, a visual alert, a haptic alert or a combination of audio, visual and haptic alerts.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein triggering the alarm comprises sending a signal to alert one or more specified individuals.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein triggering the alarm comprises sending one of a text message or a voice message.
5. The system of claim 3 , wherein the signal is sent via a cellular communication module of the muster site receiving device.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the muster site receiving device comprises a cellular communication module.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the muster site receiving device controls access to the muster site based on the identification ID.
8. The system of claim 1 , further comprising, a beacon adapted to broadcast informational data relating to the muster site.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the informational data relating to the muster site relates to an instruction.
10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the informational data relating to the muster site relates to a safety item.
11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the informational data relates to an availability or a status of the safety item.
12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the safety item is one or more of an automatic external defibrillator (AED), an eyewash station, an emergency lab shower, a fire extinguisher, a chemical shower, and a sorbent.