Abstract
Firefighters should face to different situations during fire extinction. Usually, they demand sensing and location
applications to improve its safety, particularly for confined environments. UWB communications have been widely
investigated for high resolution positioning and sensing applications due to its unique characteristics. In this work, the
effect of fire and combustion on UWB propagation inside a metallic container is investigated. Initial results shows that
temperature does not affect the UWB path loss while this parameter improve at the end of the fire due to the reduction
of combustion materials.
