ZIP 38106 recorded 330 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,713 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Shelby County, TN. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,713 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 303 | |
| 2022 | 372 | |
| 2023 | 351 | |
| 2024 | 357 | |
| 2025 | 330 |
Jul peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 38106 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Passenger vehicle fire | 284 | 16.6% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 272 | 15.9% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 225 | 13.1% | |
| 4 | Grass fire | 129 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 129 | 7.5% |
For the 47 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 38106 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 187 | 18.3% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 173 | 16.9% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 121 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 99 | 9.7% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 80 | 7.8% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 52 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 47 | 4.6% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 36 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 227 | 22.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 356 | 34.8% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 151 | 14.8% | |
| 3 | Incendiary device | 107 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 68 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 67 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 50 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 41 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 40 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 142 | 13.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 38106 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 130% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $498,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $322,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $117,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 38106.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Memphis | 1,713 |
The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.
NFIRS reports each fire incident with a 5-digit address ZIP. We aggregate those rows directly to produce ZIP-level totals — 1,713 incidents in this ZIP across 2021–2025. Building-fire breakdowns (Area of Origin, Heat Source, ignition cause) only count fires investigators classified beyond the basic incident report. Because NFIRS reporting is voluntary, totals are a strong indicator rather than a complete census.