Three words to tell US public safety teams exactly where you are

How to share a what3words address in an emergency

Open the free what3words app
Tap the Locate Me icon
The what3words address for your current location will be displayed at the top of the screen.
Read out the three words to your emergency call taker.

For example, if you were lost in Griffith Park and the what3words app displayed the words ///scores.eagle.comb – you could call 911 and simply say: ‘My what3words address is scores eagle comb’. The call taker will use the what3words address to see exactly where you are and send help. The what3words app works offline – ideal for areas with unreliable data connection.

Remember: always gather as much location information as you can in an emergency in case what3words addresses aren’t accepted.

What is what3words?

what3words has divided the globe into 10 ft squares and given each one a unique three word identifier. It means any precise location can be communicated with just three words.

For example, ///narrate.optical.carry will take you to Arizona’s Horseshoe Bend overlook of the Colorado River.

As well as the free app for iOS and Android , what3words is available online at what3words.com

Which services in my state use what3words?

The following US public safety teams have confirmed they accept and use what3words. This is not a comprehensive list, as what3words is also available to over 4,800 Emergency Communications Centers across the US via RapidSOS, CAD vendors and other tools.

If your local force isn’t on this list, you can reach out to ask them if they’ve heard of what3words or contact us directly.

Alabama:

Baldwin County 911
Blount County 911
Cullman County Fire Rescue
Cullman County Emergency Medical Services
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Eufaula Police Department
Elmore County Sheriff’s Office
Fultondale Police Department
Jefferson County Alabama Consolidated 911 Center
Mobile County Communications District
St. Clair County E-911
St Clair County Emergency Management
Theodore Dawes Fire Rescue
Washington County 911

Alaska:

Skagway Fire Department

Arizona:

Valley Emergency Communication Center
Avondale Police Department

Arkansas:

Bentonville City Police Department
Boone County Central Dispatch
Fayetteville Police Department
Maumelle Police Department
Rogers City Police Department
Sherwood Police Department
University of Arkansas Police Department
Van Buren County 911

California:

Alameda Police Department
Atwater Police Department
Brentwood Police Department
California State University Channel Islands Police Department
California State University Chico Police Department
Chula Vista Police Department
Fortuna Police Department
Galt Police Department
Heartland Communications Facility Authority
Indio Police Department
Livermore Police Department
Los Angeles City Fire Department
Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office
Oceanside Police Department
Pomona Police Department
Riverside Fire Department
San Jose State University Police Department
Shasta Area Safety Communications Agency – SHASCOM 911
Solano County Sheriff’s Office
Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety
University of California Riverside Police Department
University of California San Diego Police Department

Colorado:

Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office
Combined Regional Communications Authority (CRCA)
Douglas County Sheriff’s Office
El Paso County 911 District
Gunnison Regional Communications Center
Jackson County Sheriff’s Department
Larimer County Sheriff’s Office
Loveland Emergency Communications Center
Rocky Ford Communications Center
Routt County Communications Center
San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office
Sterling Emergency Communications Center
Telluride Ski Resort
Vail Public Safety Communications Center
Western Colorado Regional Dispatch Center – WestCO

Connecticut:

City of Stamford 911 Communications
Guilford Fire Department
Newtown Emergency Communications Center

Florida:

Bay County Emergency Services
Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office
Escambia County Emergency Communications
Gulf County Communications Center
Gulf County Sheriff’s Office
Highlands County Sheriff’s Office
Indian River County Sheriff’s Office
Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office
Longboat Key Fire Rescue
Lynn Haven Police Department
Manatee County Government
Ocala Police Department
Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office
Pinellas County 911 FL
Palm Beach County 911
Palm Beach Garden Police Department
Panama City Beach Police Department
Sarasota County Public Safety Communications Center
Santa Rosa County
Sumter County Emergency Communications Center
Sumter County Sheriff’s Office
St Johns County Sheriff’s Office
Walton County Fire Rescue
Walton County Sheriff’s Office

Georgia:

Acworth Police Department
Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office
Burke County E911
Butts County 911
Columbia County Sheriff’s Office
Covington Newton 911
City of Columbus E-911
Decatur-Grady 911 Emergency Communications
Hall County 911
Kennesaw Acworth E911
Kennesaw Police Department
Mcduffie County Communications
Roswell 911 Emergency Communications Center
Peach County 911
Toombs County E-911
Walker County Emergency 911
Washington County Sheriff’s Office

Hawaii:

Maui Police Department

Idaho:

Ada County Sheriff’s Office
Bingham County 911
Elmore County Sheriff’s Office

Illinois:

City of Evanston Police Department
Kankakee County Communications Center – KanComm
Logan-Trivoli Fire Protection District
Peoria County 911
Tri-Com Central Dispatch

Indiana:

Daviess County Central Dispatch
St. Joseph County 911 Center

Iowa:

Allamakee County Sheriff’s Office
Benton County Sheriff’s Office
Clear Lake Police Dept
Emmet County 911
Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office
LeeComm 911 Communications
Marshall County Communications Commission
Polk County Sheriff’s Office
Warren County Communications
Wright County Communications Center

Kansas:

Allen County Emergency Communications & Emergency Management
Jefferson County 911
Ellsworth County Sheriff’s Office
Kiowa County
Butler County 911 Emergency Communications
Chanute 911 Communications Center
Cheyenne County 911 Communications
Coffey County Sheriff’s Office
Douglas County Emergency Communications
Franklin County Emergency Communication Center
Greeley County Sheriff’s Office
Harvey County Emergency Communications
Junction City Police Department
Kearny County Sheriff’s Office
Liberal/Seward County Emergency Communications
Lyon County Emergency Communications Center
Mitchell County Communications
Pittsburg Police Department
Rice County 911 Emergency Communications Center
Riley County Police Department
Salina Police Department
Sedgwick County 911 Emergency Communications
The University of Kansas

Kentucky:

Gallatin County 911 Communications
Jessamine County 911
Kentucky Police Department
Nelson County E911 Dispatch
Pendleton County 911
Webster County 911
Webster County Emergency Management

Louisiana:

Rapides Parish 911 Center
Rayne Police Department

Maine:

Penobscot Regional Communications Center

Maryland:

Frederick County Department of Emergency Communications

Massachusetts:

Falmouth Communications Center
Holbrook Regional Emergency Communications Center
Natick Police Department
North Shore Regional 911 Center
Rockland Fire Department
Seekonk Public Safety Communications
Southeastern Massachusetts Regional 911 District
South Shore Regional Emergency Communications Center

Michigan:

Benzie County Central Dispatch
Berrien County Public Safety Communication Center
Calhoun County Consolidated Dispatch Authority
Charlevoix Cheboygan Emmet 911 Central Dispatch Authority
Chippewa County Central Dispatch
Clinton County Central Dispatch
Dafter Township Fire Department
Delta County Central Dispatch
Eaton County Central Dispatch 911
Gratiot County Central Dispatch
Ingham County 911 Central Dispatch
Iosco County
Livingston County 911 Central Dispatch
Luce County 911 & Emergency Management
Manistee County Central Dispatch 911
Marquette County Central Dispatch
Mackinac County 911 & Emergency Management
Oakland County Sheriff’s Office
Ottawa County Central Dispatch Authority
Southfield City Police Department
Tuscola County Central Dispatch
Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office

Mississippi:

Leake County E-911 Communication Center

Minnesota:

Bloomington Police
Deerwood Fire Department
Zumbrota Police Department

Missouri:

Blue Springs Police Department
Boone County Joint Communications
Carroll County 911
Cass County Sheriff’s Office
Dade County Emergency Services
Jasper County 911 Emergency Services
Joplin Emergency Communications Center
Joplin Police Department
Lebanon Police Department
Macon County 911 Enhanced
Monett-Lawrence County 911 Center
Morgan County 911 Center
Osage Beach Fire Protection District
Shelby County Joint Communications
Shelby County Sheriff’s Office
Town of Bernalillo Fire Department

Montana:

Chouteau County 911 Communications
Powder River County EMS

Nebraska:

City of McCook Police Department

Nevada:

Eureka County Communications Center

New Hampshire:

New Hampshire 911
New Hampshire Emergency Services and Communications

New Jersey:

Mountain Valley Emergency Communications – MVECC
Morris County Communications Center
Sussex County Sheriff’s Office

New Mexico:

Mesilla Valley Regional Dispatch Authority

New York:

Rosendale Police Department
Putnam County Bureau of Emergency Services
Town of Colonie 911 Communications

North Carolina:

Chatham County 911 Emergency Communications Center
Davidson County 911 Emergency Communications
Franklin County 911 Communications Center
McDowell County Rescue Squad
Warren County E-911 Communications

North Dakota:

Grand Forks Public Safety Answering Point

Oklahoma:

Edmond 911

Ohio:

Lawrence County 911
Marion County Sheriff’s Office

Oregon:

Hood River County 911
Morrow County, Oregon 911

Pennsylvania:

Allegheny County 911 Center
Berks 911 Communications Center
Centre County 911

Rhode Island:

Rhode Island E-911 Center

South Dakota:

Charles-Mix County Sheriff’s Office

South Carolina:

Chester County Emergency Management Agency

Tennessee:

Brownsville-Haywood County Central Dispatch
Lawrence County 911
Metro Nashville Davidson Co Emergency Communications Center
Metropolitan Nashville Police Department
Murfreesboro Emergency Communications Center
Nashville Metro Parks
Washington County Emergency Communications District

Texas:

Austin-Travis County EMS
Austin Fire Department
Austin Police Department
City of Plano Public Safety Communications
Dallas Police Department
Dallas Fire Rescue
Gillespie County Communications Center
Grand Prairie Emergency Communications Center
City of Lewisville Fire Department
North Central Texas Emergency Communications District – NCT911
Seagoville Police Department
Southwest Regional Communications Center
West Central Texas 911

Utah:

Central Utah 911 Emergency Communications
DPS – Uintah Basin Communications
Tooele County Sheriff’s Office
Sandy City Fire Department
Summit County Sheriff’s Office

Virginia:

Chesterfield Emergency Communications Center
Culpeper County
Loudoun County Emergency Communications Center
Orange County Emergency Communications Center
Richmond Ambulance Authority
Virginia Beach Emergency Communications – VB911

Washington:

Kittitas County 911 – KITTCOM
San Juan County Sheriff’s Office
Walla Walla Emergency Services Communications – WESCOM
What-Comm 911 Dispatch – City of Bellingham

West Virginia:

Kanawha County Metro 911

Wisconsin:

Brown County 911 Center
City of Hudson Fire Department
Crawford County Sheriff’s Department
Douglas County Sheriff’s Office
Fond du Lac Communications and Emergency Management
Wisconsin Emergency Management
Wood County Communications Center

Wyoming:

Wyoming Highway Patrol Communications Center

what3words-enabled software & tools used by US public safety teams

Sun Ridge RIMS
RapidDeploy Nimbus/Radius Plus
Southern Software
Enterpol
RapidSOS
Hexagon OnCall
Versaterm
Intterra
Adashi Systems
First Due
Mark43
Powerphone
IDNetworks
Keystone Public Safety
Geocomm
GeoConex
IamResponding
Smoke Point
Comtech SmartResponse
SOLOCAM/Guardian Map
Shotover Systems/Churchill Nav
WIFIRE
Intrado
10-8 Systems
INdigital
Prepared Assist Plus
NENA Enhanced PSAP Registry and Census (EPRC)