ZIP 38120 recorded 42 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 297 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Shelby County, TN. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
297 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 58 | |
| 2022 | 57 | |
| 2023 | 74 | |
| 2024 | 66 | |
| 2025 | 42 |
Feb peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 38120 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Passenger vehicle fire | 57 | 19.2% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 38 | 12.8% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 32 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 29 | 9.8% | |
| 5 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 17 | 5.7% |
For the 2 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 38120 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 47 | 31.8% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 15 | 10.1% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 14 | 9.5% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 12 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 8 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 8 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Wall surface: exterior | 7 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 6 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 31 | 20.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing | 40 | 27.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 28 | 18.9% | |
| 3 | Cigarette lighter | 17 | 11.5% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 12 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 10 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Heat, spark from friction | 10 | 6.8% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 18 | 12.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 38120 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 476% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $732,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $212,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $80,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 38120.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Memphis | 296 | |
| 2 | Germantown | 1 |
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 — 297 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.