Patent ID: 8120505

Claim:
An emergency ingress/egress monitoring system for a facility comprising: a. at least one first card reader means, said first card reader means being in communication with a base computer, wherein said base computer stores and transmitts ingress and egress census data received from said at least one first card reader means; b. a plurality of second card reader means, said plurality of second card reader means being located at emergency assembly areas outside of the facility and further being in wireless communication with a portable computer; c. said portable computer being located at a remote position outside of said facility and further being in communication with said base computer, and wherein said portable computer further processes, visually displays, and generates printed displays of census data transmitted from said base computer, wherein ingress of an individual entering the facility is registered by said individual enabling said individual's personal identification card to be read by said at least one first card reader means and wherein, under normal conditions, egress of an individual exiting the facility is registered by said individual enabling said individual's personal identification card to be read by said at least one first card reader means and wherein, under emergency conditions, egress of an individual exiting the facility may be registered by said individual enabling said individual's personal identification cards to be read by one of the plurality of second card reader means, wherein communication between the base computer and said portable computer and processing of ingress data and egress data received by said first card reader means and by said plurality of second card reader means allows the evacuation census of the facility to be accurately determined in real time.