Experimental tests were carried out on pull‐out concrete speciments with 8 mm dia. tor steel bars to examine the extent of deterioration of bond at the interface of steel and concrete afer exposure of the speciments up to 800°C furnace temperature. The bond stress‐slip behaviour was examined and acoustic emission monitored simiultaneously. The bond stress‐emission and slip‐emission were compared and correlated with the bond stress‐slip behaviour for speciments subjected to diferent levels of temperature both in the heated as well as the residual conditions. Random samples of waveforms of the emission for specific levels of temperature were compared with respect to the amplitude and time period of the pulses as well as the occurrence of reflections etc. Consequently attempts were made to utilise acoustic emission behaviour in establishing the trend of bond degradation in reinforced concrete by heat effects. The control of variable was the level of temperatur