ZIP 38133 recorded 126 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 696 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Shelby County, TN. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
696 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 127 | |
| 2022 | 167 | |
| 2023 | 153 | |
| 2024 | 123 | |
| 2025 | 126 |
Jul peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 38133 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Passenger vehicle fire | 66 | 9.5% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 57 | 8.2% | |
| 3 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 56 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 54 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 53 | 7.6% |
For the 15 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 38133 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 66 | 19.7% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 58 | 17.3% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 38 | 11.3% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 26 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 26 | 7.8% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 19 | 5.7% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 13 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Other | 11 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 78 | 23.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 140 | 41.8% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 41 | 12.2% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 27 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 25 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 20 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 18 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 15 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 40 | 11.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 38133 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 155% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $437,600 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $222,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $87,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 38133.
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 — 696 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.