ZIP 38115 recorded 186 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,162 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Shelby County, TN. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,162 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 209 | |
| 2022 | 273 | |
| 2023 | 251 | |
| 2024 | 243 | |
| 2025 | 186 |
Jul peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 38115 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 193 | 16.6% | |
| 2 | Passenger vehicle fire | 174 | 15.0% | |
| 3 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 130 | 11.2% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 98 | 8.4% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 72 | 6.2% |
For the 32 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 38115 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 153 | 23.1% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 100 | 15.1% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 98 | 14.8% | |
| 4 | Wall surface: exterior | 37 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 37 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 31 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 24 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 18 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 165 | 24.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 183 | 27.6% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 160 | 24.1% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 52 | 7.8% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 44 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 31 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 30 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Incendiary device | 27 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Molten, hot material | 24 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 112 | 16.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 38115 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 234% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $300,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2025 | Major |
| 6 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 7 | $250,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2024 | Major |
| 8 | $240,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 38115.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Memphis | 1,162 |
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 — 1,162 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.