Patent ID: 7916024

Claim:
Muster apparatus for registering the arrival of people expected at a plurality of muster stations, wherein the people are associated with different respective identifiers and the apparatus comprises detector means which include a plurality of spaced input devices associated with the muster stations respectively, for detecting the arrival of people at the respective muster stations, a controller in signal communication with the input devices, and output means for communicating information from the controller to an operator, the apparatus being arranged so that the information communicated is dependent on the arrival of people at the respective muster stations, the information communicated including a local register for each muster station, the local register comprising the respective identifiers associated with the persons expected at the muster station and a set of indicators relating to the actual people who have arrived at that muster station, and the information communicated also including a master register comprising all the identifiers comprising the local registers and a set of indicators relating to people who have arrived at all muster stations.