ZIP 38111 recorded 237 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,568 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Shelby County, TN. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,568 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 289 | |
| 2022 | 371 | |
| 2023 | 352 | |
| 2024 | 319 | |
| 2025 | 237 |
Jul peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 38111 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 225 | 14.3% | |
| 2 | Passenger vehicle fire | 187 | 11.9% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 179 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 175 | 11.2% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 168 | 10.7% |
For the 34 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 38111 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 155 | 23.9% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 110 | 16.9% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 64 | 9.9% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 60 | 9.2% | |
| 5 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 33 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Wall surface: exterior | 26 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 21 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 21 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 159 | 24.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 205 | 31.6% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 141 | 21.7% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 54 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 50 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Incendiary device | 33 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 30 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 29 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 19 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 88 | 13.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 38111 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 289% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $750,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $210,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $165,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $117,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 38111.
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 — 1,568 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.