Bharat Rapid Assistance & Safety Service
Community Assistance Network
You are not alone.
Help is always nearby.
We're in early beta
BRASS is new and its Sevak network is still growing. Coverage is limited in most areas, so an SOS may go unanswered. If a life is in danger, call your local emergency number first.
We need Sevaks: join the networkHow BRASS works
Help from people nearby
1One tap. No account, no forms.
2The nearest on-duty Sevaks are alerted.
3No answer? The search widens, ring by ring.
4Watch help come to you, live.
5A neighbour arrives. You are safe.
Finding the nearest help
How Sevaks are found
When you ask for help, BRASS alerts available Sevaks closest to you first. If no one close by is free, the search widens automatically until help is found.
Sevaks share their location only while on duty, so alerts reach people who are truly nearby right now. If no one responds at first, BRASS keeps retrying and the BRASS team is notified.
In areas of high demand, such as during a local crisis, BRASS searches wider and keeps trying for longer.
BRASS is a community network: Sevaks respond of their own accord, and availability is never guaranteed. If a life is in danger, also contact your local emergency services.
Trust & safety
Built on trust
Verified responders
Every Sevak is verified by the BRASS team before they can go on duty.
Privacy by design
Your location is shared only during an active request. Sevaks share theirs only while on duty: always the latest position, never a history.
A community, not a call centre
BRASS is an independent, community-run network. It does not represent any government entity.
Why BRASS exists
The question Nirbhaya left us with
In December 2012, a young woman the nation came to know as Nirbhaya boarded a bus home in Delhi. What was done to her shook the conscience of the country. And there is a part of that night that haunts as much as the crime itself: afterwards, she and her friend lay injured by the roadside while traffic passed them by.
Laws changed after Nirbhaya. Funds were created; helplines were set up. But the question that night asked has never been answered: when the worst is happening, how does the nearest good person find out in time? There were good people within two hundred metres of that roadside. Nothing connected them to her.
Two brothers could not put that question down. BRASS is their answer: not another helpline, not an app to report what has already happened, but a network that puts the alarm directly into the hands of the nearest verified people who have promised to come. So that no one waits by a roadside again.
Take BRASS with you
Get the app
Raise an SOS from your pocket, or go on duty as a Sevak.
In the app
- SOS without unlocking
- From the Lock Screen, a widget, or a long press on the icon. A 5-second countdown with a big Cancel.
- Daily check-in
- Pick a time. Miss it, and BRASS reminds you, then alerts your trusted contact, then the BRASS team.
- Apple Watch
- Raise an SOS or confirm "I'm OK" from your wrist. Needs an iPhone.
- Four languages
- English, Hindi, Malayalam and French, in the app and in every alert.