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Sensors 2009, 9, 5878-5893; doi:10.3390/ OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article Performance of a Protected Wireless Sensor Network in a Fire. Analysis of Fire Spread and Data Transmission Thierry Antoine-Santoni *, Jean-François Santucci, Emmanuelle de Gentili, Xavier Silvani and Frederic Morandini University of Corsica/UMR CNRS SPE, Quartier Grossetti 20250 Corte, France; E-Mails: santucci@univ-corse.fr (J.-F.S.); gentili@univ-corse.fr (E.G.); silvani@univ-corse.fr (X.S.); morandin@univ-corse.fr (F.M.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: antoine-santoni@univ-corse.fr; Tel.: +33(0)4 95 450 207; Fax: +33 (0)4 95 45 01 62 Received: 3 July 2009; in revised form: 20 July 2009 / Accepted: 22 July 2009 / Published: 24 July 2009 Abstract: The paper deals with a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) as a reliable solution for capturing the kinematics of a fire front spreading over a fuel bed. To provide reliable information in fire studies and support fire fighting strategies, a Wireless Sensor Network must be able to perform three sequential actions: 1) sensing thermal data in the open as the gas temperature; 2) detecting a fire i.e., the spatial position of a flame; 3) tracking the fire spread during its spatial and temporal evolution. One of the great challenges in performing fire front tracking with a WSN is to avoid the destruction of motes by the fire. This paper therefore shows the performance of Wireless Sensor Network when the motes are protected with a thermal insulation dedicated to track a fire