Extronics launches Automatic Mustering and Personnel Location system
Extronics new Automatic Mustering and Personnel Location system will greatly improve the speed and accuracy of identifying the whereabouts of personnel in hazardous areas during an emergency. Whether accounting for tens or thousands of people Extronics' system provides a much more reliable service than traditional manual methods of mustering.Congleton, UK, 9th December 2008: 
Extronics, a leading
supplier and manufacturer of intrinsically safe and explosion proof
electrical and electronic equipment, has launched a new Automatic
Mustering and Personnel Location system. The Automatic Mustering
and Personnel Location system will improve the speed and accuracy
of accounting the whereabouts of personnel during an emergency with
the ability to locate missing or specific personnel with pin point
accuracy.
The basic methods of mustering using manual paper, T card or passive card/tag reader based systems require personnel to remember to sign or swipe in and out of plant areas and can be time consuming tallying up all the personnel that have assembled at the different "muster points" and ensuring that this equates to the total number of people on the entire plant. Manual systems take much more time due to no overall visibility of the total number of people on plant and/or at muster areas.
Extronics' Automatic Mustering and Personnel Location system is scalable from tens to thousands of personnel and can grow with user requirements to a complete site wide personnel and asset location and tracking solution.
Other
highlights include counting of people into lifeboats for evacuating
oil and gas platforms and a tag with an emergency call button and
motion detector for increased personnel safety.
Intrinsically safe and explosion proof versions of the hardware are available from Extronics making the Automatic Mustering and Personnel Location system suitable for all hazardous process industries.
Included in the range of products are location receivers, Wi-Fi access points, tag exciters, active RFID Wi-Fi tag and web browser based software.
John Hartley, Managing Director of Extronics, commented, "We
have developed our system through close relationships with some of
the world's leading experts in RFID and Wi-Fi technology and
applications. By adapting their existing cutting edge products and
tapping into the knowledge of our partners, we know that the end
solution we are offering for use in hazardous environments will be
the best on the 
market. In addition, it will also be future proofed
as the technology evolves and our customers find new ways of using
these tools that have not previously been available to them."
To complete the system AeroScout's MobileView software is easily integrated with other software applications such as SAP, MRP, ERP and site DCS. With many functions such as Report Generator & Viewer, Event Engine, Alert Manager, Mapping Tools & User Access Manager the MobileView software gives users true site wide visibility.
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About Extronics
Extronics supplies and manufactures a wide range of intrinsically
safe and explosion proof products to companies in the process
industries who need to mobilise and track their workforce within
hazardous facilities. Its unrivalled understanding and experience
of equipping potentially explosive environments, and its focus on
wireless networks and devices, enables companies to receive
automated and efficient access to process information throughout
their facility at any time.
About AeroScout
AeroScout (
www.AeroScout.com ) is the market
leader in Unified Asset Visibility solutions. The company's
products accurately locate and monitor assets and people over
standard WiFi networks, to improve and automate business processes.
AeroScout's global customer base includes many of the Fortune 500
and the world's leading hospitals. Founded in 2000, AeroScout
pioneered the WiFi visibility market by introducing the industry's
first WiFi-based Active RFID tag, and is widely recognized as
leading the market in number of tags shipped. AeroScout is
headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., with offices in Europe,
Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and Australia.
AeroScout is a registered trademark of AeroScout, Inc.
Wi-Fi is a trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Information is subject to change without notice.
For more information about Extronics, please visit: www.extronics.com
Marketing Contact
Alison Newcombe
alisonn@extronics.com
+ 44 (0)1260 292651
Sales contact
Paul Lazor
paul@extronics.com
+ 44 (0)1260 292651
