ZIP 38118 recorded 406 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,613 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Shelby County, TN. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
2,613 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 552 | |
| 2022 | 592 | |
| 2023 | 574 | |
| 2024 | 489 | |
| 2025 | 406 |
Jul peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 38118 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Passenger vehicle fire | 363 | 13.9% | |
| 2 | Aircraft standby | 298 | 11.4% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 233 | 8.9% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 228 | 8.7% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 182 | 7.0% |
For the 24 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 38118 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 336 | 27.1% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 195 | 15.7% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 120 | 9.7% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 83 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 75 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 41 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 40 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 39 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 312 | 25.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 370 | 29.8% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 266 | 21.4% | |
| 3 | Cigarette lighter | 113 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 88 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 68 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 60 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 51 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 51 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 174 | 14.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 38118 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 316% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $4,000,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $750,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | Building or structure weakened or collapsed | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $320,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2021 | Major |
| 6 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 7 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 8 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 38118.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Memphis | 2,613 |
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 — 2,613 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.