What3Words Winter advice

While many of you will be braving the outdoors to socialise this winter, the shorter days, combined with harsher weather conditions like rain, ice, sleet and fog increase the chances of people finding themselves in trouble. 

Relying on landmark-based descriptions can be frustrating and could delay response times in life-and-death situations. 

To ensure you are prepared to communicate your exact location in an emergency, we are urging Islanders to download the free what3words app. 

Emergencies can happen anywhere, at any time – whether that’s along the Five Mile Road, on a remote green lane in Grouville, or on one of our beautiful cliff paths along the north coast.

When calling 999, ‘where is the emergency?’ is one of the first questions you’re asked, but describing exactly where help is needed can be difficult. 

If you download what3words, you'll be ready to give us an exact location if you run into trouble.

Reminder to call 999 in an emergency