Evacuation & Mustering · Retail

Evacuation & Mustering for retail sites.

Roll-call-free mustering that turns a chaotic evacuation into a live, auditable head count in seconds. Purpose-built for the regulatory and operational realities of retail.

When the alarm sounds, The Salvus Network already knows who was on site and, within seconds of them reaching a muster point, who is safe and who is still unaccounted for — with no action required from a single worker. Removing the human factor is the point: nobody signs a board, presses a button or waits for their name to be called. A single muster-point Anchor reads up to 500 Tags at once and marks everyone safe automatically as they arrive, replacing paper roll-calls and radio round-robins with a live SAFE / EVACUATING / MISSING rollup on one screen. Marshals see exactly which names remain outstanding and where they were last read — so search effort goes to the right place, first time. Every drill and real incident is logged automatically with a time-to-safe figure for your COMAH and fire-risk records. For retail operators, this means retail teams face record levels of violence and abuse, often while working alone at opening, closing or in stockrooms — and shrinkage from theft and misplaced stock quietly erodes margin. The Salvus Network gives shop-floor and back-of-house staff a Tag that raises a located duress alert, reads high-value stock and equipment at Anchors around the stockroom and service doors, and delivers a fast, accurate staff muster if the store or centre has to be cleared. You protect your people, cut the losses you can't see, and evidence a duty of care that boards and insurers increasingly ask for.

What you get

Evacuation & Mustering on a retail site.

No-touch muster

A single Anchor reads up to 500 Tags at once and marks everyone safe automatically — workers do nothing but arrive.

Live head count

SAFE / EVACUATING / MISSING rollup updates every few seconds as workers reach muster points.

Last-seen intelligence

Every missing worker shows where they were last read, so search teams start in the right zone.

Automatic drill reports

Time-to-safe, per-muster rosters and full timelines saved for every drill and incident.

Regulatory alignment

Evidence for the audit trail.

Employers owe retail workers a clear duty under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 to assess and control the risks of lone working and of violence — a duty sharpened by the wave of assaults on retail workers and the tougher stance now taken against them. Fire safety in stores, malls and back-of-house areas falls under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, requiring workable evacuation plans and staff who know their role. Larger retail venues open to the public also come within scope of the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 (Martyn's Law). Where loss prevention meets data, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and physical-security good practice expect controlled access to areas holding payment infrastructure and cardholder data. The Salvus Network supports the physical-access and audit side of that picture — restricting and logging entry to server rooms, cash offices and stockrooms — while its core job remains keeping staff safe and stock accounted for.

How we compare

Full coverage, not turnstiles.

CapabilityManual roll-callTurnstile RTLSThe Salvus Network
Real-time head count
No choke points / turnstiles
Auditable muster record
Zone-level awareness
Lone-worker welfare alerts
Live in the first meeting
UK data residency + Cyber Essentials

Frequently asked questions

Is Evacuation & Mustering suitable for retail sites?+

Yes. The Salvus Network is a complete, off-the-shelf solution built for major-hazard environments and deployed across retail operations — Anchors and Tags give a live, auditable picture of every worker, asset and zone.

How does Salvus support compliance for retail operators?+

The platform produces a live, timestamped muster record and auditable time-on-site and access logs that evidence personnel accountability under COMAH, DSEAR and CDM regimes.

Can we see evacuation & mustering running before we commit?+

Yes — a live evacuation demo runs on your own site map within 24 hours, and you can see the operator console working in the first meeting.

Ready to account for every worker on your retail site?

Running on your site map inside 24 hours.