ZIP 38134 recorded 214 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,253 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Shelby County, TN. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,253 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 169 | |
| 2022 | 272 | |
| 2023 | 318 | |
| 2024 | 280 | |
| 2025 | 214 |
Jul peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 38134 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Passenger vehicle fire | 157 | 12.5% | |
| 2 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 139 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 135 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 114 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Grass fire | 65 | 5.2% |
For the 25 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 38134 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 119 | 19.7% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 81 | 13.4% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 80 | 13.2% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 54 | 8.9% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 43 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 23 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 22 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 18 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 165 | 27.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 255 | 42.1% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 88 | 14.5% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 45 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 43 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 37 | 6.1% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 29 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 24 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 20 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 64 | 10.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 38134 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 109% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $240,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $229,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $227,509 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $205,500 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $200,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 38134.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Memphis | 864 | |
| 2 | Bartlett | 385 | |
| 3 | Millington | 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 — 1,253 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.