ZIP 38119 recorded 104 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 555 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Shelby County, TN. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
555 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 93 | |
| 2022 | 119 | |
| 2023 | 127 | |
| 2024 | 112 | |
| 2025 | 104 |
Jul peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 38119 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Passenger vehicle fire | 138 | 24.9% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 48 | 8.6% | |
| 3 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 48 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Grass fire | 35 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 35 | 6.3% |
For the 5 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 38119 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 114 | 35.3% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 43 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 23 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 20 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 15 | 4.6% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 15 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 13 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 12 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 68 | 21.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 95 | 29.4% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 76 | 23.5% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 27 | 8.4% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 25 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Heat, spark from friction | 21 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 16 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 16 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 11 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 36 | 11.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 38119 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 216% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $148,500 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 2 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $60,000 | Fire, other | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 38119.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Memphis | 555 |
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 — 555 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.