County in California
San Bernardino County, CA Commercial Kitchen Trailers for Rent
Facilities in San Bernardino County can rent a temporary commercial kitchen trailer, with dishwashing and emergency cold storage available alongside it. Temporary food service for breakdowns, fires and floods sits alongside planned rentals for renovation and construction. Rent for a week, lease by the month, or plan a long-term rental around your schedule. We rent to commercial and institutional customers such as prisons, hotels and manufacturers. Our team coordinates delivery, placement and setup with your site contacts. Call or request a quote to check availability for your San Bernardino County project, or one in San Bernardino.
24/7 emergency line: (877) 416-7535
- State
- California
- Land area
- 20,068 sq mi
- Places covered here
- 24
- FEMA declarations
- 59
San Bernardino County places with their own rental pages
Pages exist for places in San Bernardino County, led by the 10 most populous below; see the full California list for the rest.
- San Bernardino: about 224,775 residents (2024 estimate)
- Fontana: about 218,455 residents (2024 estimate)
- Ontario: about 185,285 residents (2024 estimate)
- Rancho Cucamonga: about 176,675 residents (2024 estimate)
- Victorville: about 140,721 residents (2024 estimate)
- Rialto: about 104,918 residents (2024 estimate)
- Hesperia: about 101,836 residents (2024 estimate)
- Chino: about 94,010 residents (2024 estimate)
- Upland: about 79,684 residents (2024 estimate)
- Chino Hills: about 77,418 residents (2024 estimate)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer 2024 and Vintage 2024 population estimates.
Kitchen trailers for rent in San Bernardino County
A mobile kitchen trailer rental in San Bernardino County is one of the quickest temporary commercial kitchen solutions: a fully equipped mobile kitchen on a pad, ready to connect to power and water. Crews working in San Bernardino and Fontana often share a kitchen plan, so one rental can serve more than one site.
Kitchens in the fleet run from the 24ft Mobile Kitchen up to the 40ft Bulk Combo Kitchen. For a site like this one, the 40ft Bulk Kitchen, 40ft Mobile Kitchen and 38ft Mobile Kitchen are the models to compare first, each with its listed equipment and electrical requirements.
Site preparation is where most delays start. Check power against the model, plan water and drainage, and ask the local health authority in San Bernardino County what it needs to see before cooking begins. Mobile kitchens can be rented for one week or on monthly terms, including long-term leases for work that runs through a full construction season. Health rules are set locally, so a kitchen in Ontario or Rancho Cucamonga may face different steps than one here.
Warewashing and cold storage for San Bernardino County
Pair the kitchen with dishwashing. The 38ft High-Temp Conveyor Dishwashing Trailer lists conveyor-type high-temperature dishwasher, a three-compartment sink and a handwashing sink, on 220V, single phase, 300A. Warewashing needs the same hot water and drain plan in Rancho Cucamonga as it does here.
A failed walk-in freezer is a race against thawing. Call the 24-hour line for an emergency refrigerated trailer; the 20ft LT Refrigerated Trailer lists 220V, single phase, 40 to 60A and a standard receptacle. A call about emergency refrigeration from Victorville starts with the same three questions: what failed, what is inside and where the trailer can sit.
NOAA's 1991 to 2020 county normals put the average January low in San Bernardino County at 39°F and the average July high at 101°F, with about 7 inches of precipitation a year. January lows run about 3 degrees warmer than the average California county. At those temperatures a refrigerated trailer's condenser needs clear airflow, and shade or a short pad near a building helps both cooling and the crews working beside it.
Customers we support in San Bernardino County
Kitchen requests in San Bernardino County tend to fall into a few groups: prisons, hotels, manufacturers and universities. Our industry pages explain what each group usually needs and how a rental is planned around it. Care homes in Rialto and school kitchens in Hesperia, places of about 104,918 residents and about 101,836 residents, lose their lines for different reasons, but the rental that answers them is the same.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services counts 22 hospitals in San Bernardino County, 3 of them critical access, among them Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Barstow Community Hospital, Bear Valley Community Hospital and Canyon Ridge Hospital. The county also has 55 nursing homes certified by Medicare or Medicaid, with about 4,996 beds. Public schools here number 576, enrolling about 394,007 students, with San Bernardino City Unified, Fontana Unified and Chino Valley Unified among the larger districts (NCES).
- Prison and Correctional Facility Kitchen Rentals: security requirements that affect delivery, staffing and placement
- Hotel and Resort Kitchen Rentals During Renovation: a need for emergency cold storage while the walk-in is repaired
- Manufacturing Plant Cafeteria Kitchen Rentals: three-phase power at the plant matched to the equipment
- University and Campus Temporary Kitchen Rentals: dishwashing capacity for trays and plates at peak times
San Bernardino County: emergencies, projects, access and costs
Past emergencies and recovery needs in San Bernardino County
Since 1965, San Bernardino County has been named in 59 FEMA declarations; wildfire (33 declarations) and flooding (13 declarations) lead the list. San Bernardino has its own page with its county's federal declarations, which helps when a project spans both.
The most recent is Bridge Fire (fire management assistance declaration, FM-5537), declared September 11, 2024, with the incident beginning September 10, 2024. Wildfire response brings long shifts for responders and rebuilding crews, and smoke or utility loss can take permanent kitchens out of service. The latest major disaster declaration is Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides (DR-4699), declared April 3, 2023. By incident type, the count is wildfire 33, flooding 13, severe storms 7, earthquake 2 and freezing conditions 2. By decade: 1960s 3, 1970s 3, 1980s 5, 1990s 10, 2000s 21, 2010s 8 and 2020s 9. The records also list Line Fire (FM-5535, September 7, 2024), Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides (EM-3592, March 10, 2023), Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides (EM-3591, January 9, 2023), Blue Ridge Fire (FM-5381, October 26, 2020) and Wildfires (DR-4569, October 16, 2020).
Ten years of NOAA storm records, 2016 through 2025, show 551 county-based event records for San Bernardino County; flood events account for 488 of them, high-wind and thunderstorm events for 63. The costliest event with a reported dollar figure was a flash flood in July 2017, with about $8 million in property damage. Floodwater leaves a building standing but unusable, so cooking, dishwashing and cold storage have to run from a trailer on higher, firm ground.
The National Interagency Fire Center maps 5 wildfires of 1,000 acres or more that started in San Bernardino County since 2016, together covering about 161,913 acres. The largest was the York fire in 2023, at 93,078 acres. A fire that never touches a kitchen can still close it: evacuation orders, smoke and utility shutoffs come first.
Declarations are federal designations for an area, not a record of damage at a particular site.
Major construction near San Bernardino County
Since October 2021, 100 or more federal construction contracts of $500,000 or more have named San Bernardino County as the place of work. The Department of Defense committed $155 million to “Construction of Mcon Project P-1231 Wastewater Treatment Plant at Mcagcc, 29 Palms California” in San Bernardino County, awarded May 2023 (award record). Another public record is “P-924, Range Simulation Training & Operations Facility,” a $87 million Department of Defense contract from August 2023 in San Bernardino County (award record). In February 2023, the Department of Defense awarded a $47 million contract for “Sims Center - Complete” in San Bernardino County, with work running to May 2026 (award record). USASpending.gov shows a $32 million Department of Transportation contract, “The Contractor Shall Provide All Program Support,” starting April 2025 in San Bernardino County (award record). A contract of that size means a crew that eats on site: hot food for many people on odd shifts, with water and wastewater to plan for the kitchen. A project in Fontana, about 218,455 residents, would face the same phasing questions about gates, haul roads and pad space.
Major renovation in San Bernardino County
No federal contract for repairing or modernizing a building is on record for San Bernardino County. The nearest is in Orange County, about 122 miles away. The Department of Defense committed $14 million to “Design Build Building 515 Renovation” in Orange County, awarded September 2021 (award record). Another public record is “Rrch Elevator Modernization, Ronald Reagan FB and CH, Santa Ana, CA,” a $13 million General Services Administration contract from June 2023 in Orange 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 Ontario too.
Emergency access and staging near San Bernardino County
The California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and local emergency managers decide where public disaster staging happens in California. Those details are theirs to publish and update, so this page points to them instead of guessing at a route. For work in Rancho Cucamonga, look to the agencies covering that area rather than assuming the same routes.
Local rental costs in San Bernardino County
There is no single price for every job in San Bernardino County. Equipment, rental term, delivery and site conditions all change it. As a guide, prices start at the 40ft Bulk Kitchen from $10,995, the 28ft Mobile Kitchen from $6,995 and the 40ft Mobile Combo Kitchen from $9,995, and they may vary. Victorville is quoted on the same factors, but a different address can change delivery and setup terms.
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.
Sources: OpenFEMA (retrieved October 30, 2026); NOAA Storm Events, NIFC fire perimeters, NOAA nClimDiv normals, CMS provider data, NCES school data and USASpending.gov (retrieved October 31, 2026). Public records for an area or a project, not damage reports or work we did.
San Bernardino County disaster declaration history
FEMA's records list these recent declarations for San Bernardino County. They show the type of event that has interrupted normal operations in the county, not damage at a specific business.
- FM-5537, fire management assistance declaration: Bridge Fire, declared September 11, 2024
- FM-5535, fire management assistance declaration: Line Fire, declared September 7, 2024
- DR-4699, major disaster declaration: Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, declared April 3, 2023
- EM-3592, emergency declaration: Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, declared March 10, 2023
- EM-3591, emergency declaration: Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides, declared January 9, 2023
- FM-5381, fire management assistance declaration: Blue Ridge Fire, declared October 26, 2020
- DR-4569, major disaster declaration: Wildfires, declared October 16, 2020
- FM-5350, fire management assistance declaration: El Dorado Fire, declared September 6, 2020
Browse connected geography
Projects rarely stop at a county line. These neighboring California counties are the closest to San Bernardino County, measured between internal points rather than by road.
- Riverside County: about 79 miles from San Bernardino County, 64 FEMA declarations, 17 hospitals listed by CMS
- Orange County: about 122 miles from San Bernardino County, 41 FEMA declarations, 27 hospitals listed by CMS
- Los Angeles County: about 127 miles from San Bernardino County, 86 FEMA declarations, 88 hospitals listed by CMS
- San Diego County: about 131 miles from San Bernardino County, 49 FEMA declarations, 22 hospitals listed by CMS
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Add only the facilities the site needs
Mobile kitchens in San Bernardino County come first, and the rest follows from the site. Where crews live and work on site, restroom trailer rentals (for example the Standalone Restroom Trailer) and bunk bed sleeper trailer rentals (the 20ft Contractor Accommodation Unit) can sit beside the kitchen. We confirm the exact unit and price in a written quote.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can dishwashing be rented with a kitchen in San Bernardino County?
Yes. Dishwashing trailers pair with the kitchens and can also be rented alone. Low-temperature and high-temperature versions are available in several lengths.
Can I rent a mobile kitchen in San Bernardino County?
Yes. Mobile commercial kitchens are rented to facilities in San Bernardino County for renovations, repairs and emergencies, from one week to monthly terms. Share your start date, meals per day and utilities and we will help match a model.
How do I get emergency refrigeration in San Bernardino County?
Call the 24-hour line, give your address and describe the failure. Emergency refrigerated trailers are 20ft units listed at 32°F, 15°F and -5°F, and need a 220V single-phase supply rated 40 to 60A. Availability depends on the unit and location.
Does a temporary kitchen in San Bernardino County need approval?
The local health authority usually reviews temporary food-service facilities, and the rules differ by jurisdiction. Ask San Bernardino County environmental health or the California health department what applies; we can supply equipment lists for the review.
Why Organizations Choose Emergency Commercial Mobile Kitchen Service
Facilities around San Bernardino County rely on mobile commercial kitchen rentals when renovation, construction or equipment failure interrupts normal operations. Reliable equipment and clear coordination are what make that stop-gap work.
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Accelerated Deployment
A clear site checklist means mobile commercial kitchen rentals are ready to cook, wash or chill sooner once they are placed.
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24/7 Emergency Service
Emergency calls are taken around the clock, so a failure at midnight is not left until morning.
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End-to-End Project Support
Help with site planning, equipment selection and delivery coordination keeps the details from falling to you.
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Flexible Rental Solutions
Rentals run from one week to monthly terms, with short-term and long-term options for planned and emergency needs.
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Heavy-Duty Commercial Equipment
Trailer kitchens carry the same classes of equipment used in permanent commercial kitchens.
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Experienced Logistics Coordination
Delivery routing, placement and pickup are coordinated with your facility contacts.
Why clients trust usWhat we can confirm
- Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for emergency and planned rental requests.
- Rentals are for commercial and industrial customers: hospitals, schools, institutions, hotels, contractors and public agencies.
- Equipment and electrical requirements are listed on each model page, so you can check them against your site.
- Delivery, setup and pickup are coordinated with your facility team, with guidance on power, water and wastewater.
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Tell us the project location, the equipment you need, how long you need it and what is on site, and we will help match a trailer to the job. Emergencies and planned rentals both start here, or call the line any hour.
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