Patent ID: 6970088

Claim:
A method for tracking personnel and articles, comprising the steps of: a) coding an RFID tag with a unique identifier, the identifier being stored in a memory portion of the RFID tag; b) affixing the RFID tag to a means for identifying one of a select member of the personnel and a select article; c) providing the identifying means to the select member or affixing the identifying means to the select article; d) associating the identifier of the RFID tag with the select member or select article, and associating the identifier with a list of wanted personnel and articles; e) electrically scanning the RFID tag when the select member or article is proximate a scanner to retrieve the identifier number of the RFID tag; f) comparing the identifier number of the scanned RFID tag with the list; g) notifying security personnel of the location of the select member or article if the identifier of the scanned RFID tag appears on the list; and h) wherein the select member or article is located.