Law enforcement agencies are encouraging the public to download the what3words app. The app identifies precise locations. Every 10-foot square is given a unique combination of three words. Police ...

ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. – Imagine only needing three words to help find someone who may be lost. Local emergency agencies in Southwest Virginia are doing just that through an app called ‘what3words’.

A trapped rower was rescued from mud after he used an app to alert authorities to his exact location. The man had been desperate after becoming trapped 200 metres off the coast of Essex on Friday ...

MIAMI BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - Miami Beach is the first city in South Florida to use a new app that helps 911 dispatchers find callers who aren’t sure where they are. City officials in a press release ...

WALKER, Mich. — The Alpine Fire Department is implementing an app in the hopes of shortening their response times during rescue situations. "what3words" is an app that divides most of the globe into ...

MIDDLETOWN — South Fire District crews successfully rescued a physically impaired man who was injured in the forest recently, guided by a free app that triangulates a person’s location when they’re ...

Evart Area firefighters say they were able to locate a lost person "deep" in a state forest on Monday, June 22, in part, thanks to an app that allows residents to connect with emergency response ...

OSCEOLA COUNTY, MI – Dispatchers used a geolocating application to lead Evart Area firefighters to a disoriented person who could not find their way out of the state forest. Firefighters responded ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Blue Springs Police Department is now using what3words technology to better locate people in emergencies. What3words "has divided the world into 3-meter squares and given each ...

EVART, Mich. (WOOD) — A person lost in state forest land in Osceola County was rescued over the weekend thanks to first responders and some new location technology. The Evart Area Fire Department says ...

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- A person who became lost in a state forest has been safely rescued after running out of water and becoming disoriented. On Sunday, Meceola Central Dispatch was ...