A search-and-rescue worker in an orange uniform walks with a search dog past a collapsed brick house after the April 2015 earthquake in Nepal.

When the network goes down.

Emergency communication that keeps working nearby.

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Nepal, April 2015 earthquake. Photo: Hilmi Hacaloğlu / VOA, public domain.

Aerial view of brown floodwater covering Chennai, with a group of people waiting on a rooftop, photographed from an Indian Air Force helicopter in December 2015.

When infrastructure fails, communication matters most.

Floods. Earthquakes. Landslides. Remote terrain.

Chennai, India, December 2015 floods. Photo: Indian Air Force, GODL-India.

During the 2008 Kosi floods in Bihar, people wade through floodwater carrying children and belongings to a rescue boat.

People help people.

ResQNet helps nearby phones communicate when ordinary networks cannot.

Kosi floods, Bihar, India, August 2008. Photo: Kumarrakajee, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Your phone
Nearby devices
Emergency message

No cell tower required.

Phones pass the message along until one of them can reach help.

How it works

Nepal, April 2015 earthquake. Photo: Hilmi Hacaloğlu / VOA, public domain.

The real app.

Screens from a running build, not mockups.

ResQNet's Send SOS screen, showing emergency type selection and a disclosure of exactly who gets alerted — Send SOS

ResQNet's home screen, showing the SOS button, an I am safe broadcast option, and status for mesh, GPS, and nearby devices — Find nearby help

ResQNet's Emergency Contacts screen, showing a trusted contacts list and location-aware local emergency hotlines — Reach your people

Every feature and its status

Rescuers from India's National Disaster Response Force, in orange uniforms and yellow helmets, carry a person on a stretcher across rubble in Nepal after the 2015 earthquake.

From signal to response.

ResQNet gives authorized responders a clearer picture of active incidents.

Built and tested. Not yet deployed.

Responder operations

Nepal, 2015 earthquake. Photo: Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India (PIB), GODL-India.

Built for places where connectivity cannot be taken for granted.

Nepal

Trail between Surke and Paiya, Nepal, 26 April 2015. Photo: Goutam1962, CC BY-SA 4.0.

People wade through deep floodwater at the Ernakulam bus stand in Kerala during the August 2018 floods, with buses standing in the water.

India

Ernakulam, Kerala, India, August 2018 floods. Photo: Ranjithkssp, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Please know

ResQNet is in active development and has not yet been field-tested across many phones. It does not replace official emergency services and cannot guarantee that a message gets through. SOS messages on the mesh are signed but not encrypted. Safety & privacy

The photographs show real disasters and responses in Nepal and India. The people pictured are not ResQNet users, and ResQNet was not involved in these events.

The peak of Machhapuchhre catching the last evening light above clouds and dark forested hills, seen from Ghandruk village in Nepal.

When everything else goes quiet, keep people connected.

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Android release coming soon. Not yet on Google Play or the App Store. Release status

Machhapuchhre from Ghandruk, Nepal. Photo: Nischal Tiwari, CC BY-SA 3.0.