Eighteen-year-old Michaela Howells is one of the youngest fully-trained lifeboat crew in the UK.

Her main job is at Boots in the harbour town of Padstow, Cornwall, but if the call comes she can be in rescue mode within 10 minutes.

"I always have my buzzer on me," she explains, admitting that she lives a "split life".

Michaela trains every Wednesday afternoon at sea and is the only female in her crew of 14.

The alarm has been raised at some unfortunate times.

"I was getting on the college bus and it went off in my bag.

"I got on, but only to the top of the hill in Padstow to run and jump in the Land Rover."

An RNLI Lifeboat crew needs seven people on board to go out to sea.

"I often think 'what if there is not enough crew and they are not able to go?'"

Sometimes they do struggle with numbers.

"It just depends on whether some of the fishermen are home.

When the pager goes off your heart starts going a hundred million miles an hour but it's good fun Michaela Howells

"Plus the time of the day. Some people have day job they cannot leave."

Last year she went out on 15 emergency calls.

Michaela's grandad was also on the lifeboat crew and she says it was natural for her to follow.

"When the pager goes off your heart starts going a hundred million miles an hour but it's good fun."

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