Yuma County, AZ Emergency Mobile Kitchen and Dishwashing Rentals

What past disasters mean for kitchens in Yuma County

Federal records show Yuma County designated in 4 declarations since 1983, led by flooding (2 declarations) and hurricane (1 declaration). Yuma has its own page with its county's federal declarations, which helps when a project spans both.

The most recent is Hurricane Katrina Evacuation (emergency declaration, EM-3241), declared September 12, 2005, with the incident beginning August 29, 2005. Coastal storm recovery depends on feeding responders and displaced workers, often before the local power grid is restored. The latest major disaster declaration is Severe Storms, Tornadoes & Flooding (DR-977), declared January 19, 1993. By incident type, the count is flooding 2, hurricane 1 and severe storms 1. By decade: 1980s 2, 1990s 1 and 2000s 1. Earlier declarations include Heavy Rain & High Winds (DR-730, January 15, 1985) and Flooding (DR-686, July 1, 1983).

Between 2016 and 2025 the Storm Events Database recorded 121 county-based event records in Yuma County, with high-wind and thunderstorm events the most common at 68. The costliest event with a reported dollar figure was a thunderstorm wind in July 2021, with about $500,000 in property damage. High wind rarely wrecks a kitchen directly. It cuts the power to it, and the walk-in cooler is the first thing to suffer.

Yuma County is the origin of 2 mapped wildfires of 1,000 acres or more since 2016, adding up to roughly 2,070 acres, according to NIFC. The biggest, Refuge, burned 1,042 acres in 2024. Fire weather means planned power cuts as well as fires, and a walk-in cooler does not keep product cold through a long shutoff.

Declarations are federal designations for an area, not a record of damage at a particular site.

Construction projects and crew meals near Yuma County

USASpending.gov lists 100 or more federal construction contracts of $500,000 or more with work in Yuma County since October 2021. The Department of Defense committed $1069 million to “Undefinitized Contract Action for El Centro (15 Mile) in California and Yuma (5 Mile) in Arizona” in Yuma County, awarded May 2019 (award record). Another public record is “Border Wall Construction in the Tucson & Yuma Sectors, AZ,” a $658 million Department of Homeland Security contract from September 2025 in Yuma County (award record). In November 2019, the Department of Defense awarded a $326 million contract for “Bmgr Yuma 10/27 - Funding Purposes” in Yuma County, with work running to June 2021 (award record). USASpending.gov shows a $89 million Department of Homeland Security contract, “Design Build and Construct New Checkpoint Facility at Wellton, AZ,” starting October 2026 in Yuma County (award record). Crews on projects like this rarely have a restaurant nearby, which is the case for cooking on site with a rented kitchen and a dishwashing trailer. A job in San Luis (about 40,064 residents) raises the same crew-meal questions.

Renovation projects that close kitchens in Yuma County

No federal contract for repairing or modernizing a building is on record for Yuma County. The nearest is in Imperial County, about 86 miles away. USASpending.gov shows a $27 million Department of Defense contract, “P262 Structural and Aircraft Fire Station Replacement, Naf El Centro, California,” starting September 2022 in Imperial County (award record). Work inside an occupied facility tends to take its kitchen offline for weeks, so the plan for meals has to exist before the work starts. The closure date drives the plan in Somerton too.

Emergency equipment access around Yuma County

Public emergency operations in Arizona are coordinated by the Arizona Division of Emergency Management (ADEM), with county emergency managers handling local response. Staging areas and access routes for disaster response are published by those agencies and can change, so this page does not draw a route. Staging and access details differ again in Wellton, so check the published sources for that area before planning a route.

What a kitchen rental costs in Yuma County

There is no single price for every job in Yuma County. Equipment, rental term, delivery and site conditions all change it. As a guide, prices start at the 38ft Mobile Kitchen from $7,995, the 24ft Mobile Kitchen from $4,995 and the 40ft Mobile Combo Kitchen from $9,995, and they may vary. A kitchen for Yuma is built from the same quote, with delivery adjusted for the address.

Starting prices are guides, and prices may vary with location, rental length, delivery, setup and utilities. A written quote states the equipment, the rental period and what is included.