  Given a graph $G$ and assuming that some vertices of $G$ are infected, the
$r$-neighbor bootstrap percolation rule makes an uninfected vertex $v$ infected
if $v$ has at least $r$ infected neighbors. The $r$-percolation number, $m(G,
r)$, of $G$ is the minimum cardinality of a set of initially infected vertices
in $G$ such that after continuously performing the $r$-neighbor bootstrap
percolation rule each vertex of $G$ eventually becomes infected. In this paper,
we consider the $3$-bootstrap percolation number of grids with fixed widths. If
$G$ is the cartesian product $P_3 \square P_m$ of two paths of orders~$3$ and
$m$, we prove that $m(G,3)=\frac{3}{2}(m+1)-1$, when $m$ is odd, and
$m(G,3)=\frac{3}{2}m +1$, when $m$ is even. Moreover if $G$ is the cartesian
product $P_5 \square P_m$, we prove that $m(G,3)=2m+2$, when $m$ is odd, and
$m(G,3)=2m+3$, when $m$ is even. If $G$ is the cartesian product $P_4 \square
P_m$, we prove that $m(G,3)$ takes on one of two possible values, namely
$m(G,3) = \lfloor \frac{5(m+1)}{3} \rfloor + 1$ or $m(G,3) = \lfloor
\frac{5(m+1)}{3} \rfloor + 2$.
