![Firefighters from Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service monitoring the fire on Salisbury Plain Training Area. [Photograph courtesy of Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/08/20180706_210200-1024x768.jpg)
...the Fire Service, or the MOD, but need to be left to burn out on their own. Recent Salisbury Plain fires An important international training exercise took place on Salisbury...
![Volunteers and archaeologists at Barrow Clump [Crown Copyright, MOD 2018]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/07/B33E8BFD-E44C-416E-A1F8-04B16CB63AA9-1024x768.jpeg)
...and The Rifles. The programme uses archaeology to aid in the recovery of soldiers who are sick, wounded or were injured on operations in Afghanistan. Last November, volunteers discovered remains...
...and developer. Today I am blogging about the role I play as a woman in engineering as part of International Women in Engineering Day. With a degree in mechanical engineering...
![Alan Grant, MBE SCOTS, DIO Training Safety Officer in Belize [Crown Copyright, MOD 2018]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/06/Alan-1024x683.jpg)
...October 2017 and consider myself very lucky to be on my third overseas posting in a row. I was posted to Kenya as a second tour senior infantry Quartermaster (QM)...
![Jacqui Rock, DIO Commercial Director [Crown Copyright, MOD 2018]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/03/Rock-bio-e1543582792339.jpg)
...including sharing information that will drive innovation and encourage fresh ideas from industry. This will allow us to invigorate and sustain a diverse portfolio of suppliers. We’re going to adopt...
![Foxglove Covert team at 2017 Sanctuary Awards [Crown Copyright, MOD 2017]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2017/11/DDCL1824-1024x665.jpg)
...people have visited the reserve, including 40,000 school children and 1,800 community groups. Two million pounds have been invested in the site including funding from the MOD, Natural England, the...
...Specialist Team Royal Engineers (Water Infrastructure) (506 STRE), which as you might guess from the name, specialises in water infrastructure, I was invited to attend this year’s ATX. 506 STRE...
...the UK and restructures to its future Army 2020 formations. The Government has committed about £1.8 billion to the programme for investment in infrastructure across the UK – providing some...
![HMS Queen Elizabeth under anchor awaiting low tide before departing. [Crown Copyright/MOD2017]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2017/07/DES-2017-0189-0325-1-1024x683.jpg)
...to prepare the Naval Base for the arrival of the Royal Navy’s two new aircraft carriers. In total, the infrastructure work at Portsmouth for the carriers is an investment of...
![Air pollution increases the risk of death from cardiac and respiratory causes. [www.cleanairday.org.uk]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2017/06/National-Clean-Air-Day-1.jpg)
...sector bodies across the UK coming together to provide information about how we can create cleaner air for everyone. On National Clean Air Day, why not try a new action...