Lifeboat Crew - People Who Help Us Author:Alison Cooper, Diana Bentley This series introduces children to people who help the community through the jobs that they perform. Each book focuses on an individual member of the featured public or emergency service, and uses their experiences to illustrate the importance of their role. The author focuses on those experiences which are most relevant to the young reader. Thi... more »s book is about Brian, a RNLI mechanic based at Bembridge on the Isle of Wight, and his fellow crew members. The author describes in simple terms what happens when the crew is called out: how they are contacted; what has to be done before the lifeboat can be launched down the slipway, what some of the equipment on board is used for, and how they rescue a windsurfer who has been swept out to sea. It has a dual-level text to help younger or less able readers.« less