What Three Words

[fastbob]

I've just installed the What Three Words app . Basically it could save yours , or someone else's life , by pinpointing exactly where you are to within a few yards . Just find the three words that identify the grid square you're in and tell the emergency services .

[Gerontious]

where Im sitting right now has the word "Preoccupied" within the three.. which is oddly appropriate. and my bedroom next door: "Risen".

and funniest of all... the bikes position. "Broken" and "Engine" I kid you not.

 

[Stu]

Is this another one of those gimmicks where the emergency services don't even use?

[TimR]

Is this another one of those gimmicks where the emergency services don't even use?

 

no police,fire and ambulance use

even Thames Valley air ambulance use it

https://www.tvairambulance.org.uk/news/3-words-save-lives

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-49319760

https://what3words.com/news/emergency/uk-emergency-services-rollout-what3words-in-control-rooms-to-save-resources-time-and-lives/

Which services are using what3words?

Those who have confirmed publicly they are using and accepting 3 word addresses for response are:

Avon & Somerset Police.Bedfordshire Police.British Transport Police.Cambridgeshire Police.Durham Police.Gwent Police.Hertfordshire Police.Humberside Police.Nottinghamshire Police.Norfolk Police.North Yorkshire Police.South Yorkshire Police.South Wales Police.Suffolk Police.West Yorkshire Police.Avon Fire & Rescue Service.Bedfordshire Fire & Rescue.Cambridgeshire Fire & Rescue.Cleveland Fire & Rescue.Cornwall Fire & Rescue Service.Derbyshire Fire & Rescue.Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service.Dorset & Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service.Durham & Darlington Fire & Rescue.Hertfordshire Fire & Rescue.Humberside Fire & Rescue.Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue.North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue.Norfolk Fire & Rescue Services.Suffolk Fire & Rescue.South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue.Tyne and Wear Fire & Rescue Service.West Yorkshire Fire.South Western Ambulance Service.Yorkshire Ambulance Service.South East Coast Ambulance Service.Thames Valley Air Ambulance.

UK Coastguard

[Stu]

Is this another one of those gimmicks where the emergency services don't even use?

 

no police,fire and ambulance use

even Thames Valley air ambulance use it

https://www.tvairambulance.org.uk/news/3-words-save-lives

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-49319760

https://what3words.com/news/emergency/uk-emergency-services-rollout-what3words-in-control-rooms-to-save-resources-time-and-lives/

Which services are using what3words?

Those who have confirmed publicly they are using and accepting 3 word addresses for response are:

Avon & Somerset Police.Bedfordshire Police.British Transport Police.Cambridgeshire Police.Durham Police.Gwent Police.Hertfordshire Police.Humberside Police.Nottinghamshire Police.Norfolk Police.North Yorkshire Police.South Yorkshire Police.South Wales Police.Suffolk Police.West Yorkshire Police.Avon Fire & Rescue Service.Bedfordshire Fire & Rescue.Cambridgeshire Fire & Rescue.Cleveland Fire & Rescue.Cornwall Fire & Rescue Service.Derbyshire Fire & Rescue.Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service.Dorset & Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service.Durham & Darlington Fire & Rescue.Hertfordshire Fire & Rescue.Humberside Fire & Rescue.Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue.North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue.Norfolk Fire & Rescue Services.Suffolk Fire & Rescue.South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue.Tyne and Wear Fire & Rescue Service.West Yorkshire Fire.South Western Ambulance Service.Yorkshire Ambulance Service.South East Coast Ambulance Service.Thames Valley Air Ambulance.

UK Coastguard

 

That's good to know

Quite often someone brings out an app orr other form of assistant that is a good idea but the emergency services don't use or know about it!

[Tankbag]

I can see a use for this for buried treasure

Or, dogging sites

Or, pizza delivery in the middle of nowhere

[skyrider]

tell us more about the dogging sites

Edited August 19, 2019 by skyrider

[Rkel1988]

Only just read this clicked on instagram and bam

[fastbob]

Is this another one of those gimmicks where the emergency services don't even use?

 

Apparently not .

[Tankbag]

tell us more about the dogging sites

 

Oops meant dog walking sites