ZIP 38843 recorded 151 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 583 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Itawamba County, MS.
583 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 68 | |
| 2022 | 56 | |
| 2023 | 160 | |
| 2024 | 148 | |
| 2025 | 151 |
Mar peaks. Jul dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 38843 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 121 | 20.8% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 109 | 18.7% | |
| 3 | Grass fire | 50 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 44 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 33 | 5.7% |
For the 32 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 38843 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 45 | 27.3% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 27 | 16.4% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 17 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 11 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 10 | 6.1% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 10 | 6.1% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 5 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 4 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 36 | 21.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 65 | 39.4% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 16 | 9.7% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 15 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 12 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 9 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 31 | 18.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 38843 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 162% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,500,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 38843.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fulton | 582 |
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 — 583 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.