It is usually on buildings, but sometimes a fire mission can be as small as a burning car or a tree.
However, user cities sometimes need to be designed with SimCopter in mind, and most of the time the player must increase the number of police stations, fire stations, and hospitals to allow for speedier dispatches.
The free mode lets the player import and fly through cities of their own or any of the 30 cities supplied with the game. There are two modes of play: free mode and career mode. As the name suggests, SimCopter puts the player in the role of a helicopter pilot.