ZIP 38125 recorded 134 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 691 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Shelby County, TN. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
691 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 160 | |
| 2022 | 146 | |
| 2023 | 129 | |
| 2024 | 122 | |
| 2025 | 134 |
Jan peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 38125 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 90 | 13.0% | |
| 2 | Passenger vehicle fire | 83 | 12.0% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 68 | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 57 | 8.2% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 50 | 7.2% |
For the 8 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 38125 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 55 | 20.5% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 53 | 19.8% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 39 | 14.6% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 24 | 9.0% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 12 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 11 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Wall surface: exterior | 10 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 9 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 55 | 20.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 102 | 38.1% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 40 | 14.9% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 24 | 9.0% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 22 | 8.2% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 14 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 13 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 7 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 40 | 14.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 38125 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1016% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $430,403 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $430,403 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $430,403 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $430,403 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Major |
| 5 | $430,403 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Major |
| 6 | $430,403 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Major |
| 7 | $430,403 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Major |
| 8 | $430,403 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 38125.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Memphis | 676 | |
| 2 | Collierville | 5 | |
| 3 | Germantown | 4 |
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 — 691 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.