The mission of the council shall be to promote professional Wildland Fire Management practices, protect lives and property, and enhance natural resources values in California, Nevada, Hawaii, and the Pacific Territories. The mission shall be achieved by: 1. Providing an open forum for identification and discussion of issues related to Wildland Fire Management; 2. Encouraging and promoting wildland fire management research and development. Serving as a forum for technology transfer relating to Wildland Fire Management; 3. Promoting public awareness of wildland fire issues and concerns with emphasis on supporting and implementing "fire safe" activities.

The E.V. Komarek Fire Ecology Database is comprised of bibliographic citations to a broad collection of fire ecology literature. All papers from the Proceedings of the Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conferences, 1-21, are in the database and include an abstract for each entry. Extensive fire-related research materials collected by E.V. Komarek and H.L. Stoddard, founders of Tall Timbers Research Station, also contribute to the database.

Fire Effects Information System (FEIS) summarizes and synthesizes research about living organisms in the United States — their biology, ecology, and relationship to fire.