When seconds matter,
neighbours arrive.
BRASS is a community assistance network. Raise an SOS and nearby verified volunteers, called Sevaks, are alerted and routed to you in minutes. Or sign up to be one.
Free & community-run · piloting in India
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.
If you need help
- One tap, no account needed when you need help.
- Nearby Sevaks are alerted and guided to your location.
- Watch help converge in a live view: who’s responding, how far away they are, and when they arrive.
If you want to help
- Sign in with your phone and apply to be a Sevak.
- Get verified by the BRASS team before you can go on duty.
- Go On duty when you’re free. You’ll be alerted when someone nearby needs help and shown the way.
Built on trust & safety
Verified responders
Every Sevak is phone-verified and vetted (photo ID checked in person, trusted contact on file), with background verification on the roadmap.
Privacy by design
Location is shared only while a Sevak is On duty, stored as the latest position, never a history. We collect the minimum needed.
An independent community platform
BRASS is community-run. Volunteers respond of their own accord, and availability is never guaranteed.