ZIP 38138 recorded 124 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 694 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Shelby County, TN. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
694 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 156 | |
| 2022 | 141 | |
| 2023 | 141 | |
| 2024 | 132 | |
| 2025 | 124 |
Feb peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 38138 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 130 | 18.7% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 115 | 16.6% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 68 | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 62 | 8.9% | |
| 5 | Overheated motor | 40 | 5.8% |
For the 15 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 38138 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 33 | 14.5% | |
| 2 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 31 | 13.6% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 29 | 12.7% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 28 | 12.3% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 16 | 7.0% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 10 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 8 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 8 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 65 | 28.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 77 | 33.8% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 25 | 11.0% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 19 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 15 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Chemical reaction | 15 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 12 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 11 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 10 | 4.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 44 | 19.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 38138 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 190% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $336,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $308,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $200,000 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $121,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 38138.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germantown | 674 | |
| 2 | Memphis | 19 | |
| 3 | Rossville | 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 — 694 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.