To help direct emergency response teams to precisely where help is needed, control rooms are encouraging the public to use the free what3words app.

Several emergency responders in Canada are using What3words digital location to help people pinpoint their whereabouts when lost or injured. The company's app or website tells you a three-word ...

Local emergency agencies in Southwest Virginia are doing just that through an app called ‘what3words’. Chris Sheldrick, Mohan Ganesalingam and Jack Waley-Cohen launched what3words in 2013.

An avid walker, who found herself in a scary situation, has shared the safety tool she relies on in case of an emergency.

Your phone can help you contact emergency services—even when you’re off the grid. Here’s how to take advantage of it.

The Halton Regional Police has announced that it is now using the innovative location technology what3words to identify exactly where help is needed and get resources there quickly in case of an ...

What3words is also useful in non-emergency situations- for example, if you and your friends go to a music festival and you get split up, you can give your friends your exact location using the app.