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Yolo County, CA Temporary Kitchen Rental and Lease Options
In Yolo County, CA, we rent mobile commercial kitchens, backed by commercial dishwashing trailers and emergency refrigeration for failed walk-in coolers and freezers. Emergency 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 government agencies, prisons and hospitals. Our team coordinates delivery, placement and setup with your site contacts. Contact us for availability and a quote in Yolo County or Davis.
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- State
- California
- Land area
- 1,013 sq mi
- Places covered here
- 4
- FEMA declarations
- 20
Temporary kitchen rental for Yolo County
Operations around Yolo County that cannot pause food service can lease a mobile commercial kitchen for a week, a month or the length of a long renovation. A project that crosses into Davis (about 67,125 residents) usually keeps one menu, one crew and one power plan, which is why the kitchen is chosen first.
Common choices include the 40ft Bulk Kitchen (220V, single phase, 200 to 220A), the 28ft Mobile Kitchen (220V, single phase, 200A) and the 40ft Mobile Kitchen (220V, single phase, 200 to 220A). Each model page lists the equipment and the electrical service.
A kitchen trailer needs a level area, a path for delivery, the right electrical service and water and wastewater connections. Health and permit steps differ by jurisdiction, so check with Yolo County before you schedule the opening day. 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 West Sacramento or Winters may face different steps than one here.
Cities and towns we cover in Yolo County
Yolo County has 4 places on this site. Each has its own page with local context.
- Davis: about 67,125 residents (2024 estimate)
- Woodland: about 62,983 residents (2024 estimate)
- West Sacramento: about 55,991 residents (2024 estimate)
- Winters: about 7,825 residents (2024 estimate)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer 2024 and Vintage 2024 population estimates.
Yolo County: emergencies, projects, access and costs
Emergencies that shaped recovery needs near Yolo County
OpenFEMA lists 20 disaster declarations that include Yolo County, going back to 1964. The most frequent incident types were severe storms (7 declarations) and flooding (6 declarations). If you plan across towns, check the page for Davis as well; its own declaration history is listed there.
The most recent is Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides (major disaster declaration, DR-4683), declared January 14, 2023, with the incident beginning December 27, 2022. Flooding tends to knock out power and drainage first, leaving kitchens unable to cook or keep food cold even when the building is standing. By incident type, the count is severe storms 7, flooding 6, wildfire 3, hurricane 1 and freezing conditions 1. By decade: 1960s 1, 1970s 1, 1980s 2, 1990s 5, 2000s 2, 2010s 5 and 2020s 4. Before that came Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides (EM-3591, January 9, 2023), Wildfires (DR-4558, August 22, 2020), Lnu Lightning Fire Complex (FM-5331, August 18, 2020), Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides (DR-4434, May 17, 2019) and Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides (DR-4308, April 1, 2017).
NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 49 county-based severe-weather event records for Yolo County between 2016 and 2025, led by flood events (44) and high-wind and thunderstorm events (5). The costliest event with a reported dollar figure was a flood in January 2023, with about $11 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.
NIFC lists no wildfire of 1,000 acres or more starting in Yolo County since 2016. Smoke and power shutoffs travel farther than fires do, though: the nearest large fire on record began in Napa County, about 26 miles away, where the Glass fire burned 67,484 acres in 2020.
Declarations are federal designations for an area, not a record of damage at a particular site.
Major construction near Yolo County
Since October 2021, 17 federal construction contracts of $500,000 or more have named Yolo County as the place of work. The Department of Defense committed $145 million to “Reach a Levee Improvements” in Yolo County, awarded October 2021 (award record). Another public record is “West Sac Yolo Bypass - South Improvement,” a $18 million Department of Defense contract from May 2023 in Yolo County (award record). In September 2020, the Department of Defense awarded a $11 million contract for “Levee Repair at P.L. 84-99 Site 0561-31” in Yolo County, with work running to January 2022 (award record). USASpending.gov shows a $11 million Department of Defense contract, “Ybel - North Improvement Project,” starting September 2023 in Yolo 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 job in Woodland (about 62,983 residents) raises the same crew-meal questions.
Major renovation in Yolo County
No federal contract for repairing or modernizing a building is on record for Yolo County. The nearest is in Napa County, about 26 miles away. In September 2021, the Department of the Interior awarded a $643,000 contract for “Lake Berryessa Roof Replacement” in Napa County, with work running to April 2022 (award record). Renovations like this are the usual reason an institution leases a mobile kitchen, because the permanent one cannot run while the work is under way. West Sacramento is on the same footing: the old kitchen closes on a date, and the temporary one has to be cooking before it.
Getting emergency equipment into Yolo County
Public emergency operations in California are coordinated by the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES), 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. For work in Winters, look to the agencies covering that area rather than assuming the same routes.
Pricing a mobile kitchen for Yolo County
A quote for Yolo County is built from the trailer you choose, the length of the rental, delivery distance and the setup the site needs. Starting points: the 40ft Mobile Kitchen from $9,995, the 28ft Mobile Kitchen from $6,995 and the 38ft Mobile Kitchen from $7,995. Prices may vary. A kitchen for Davis 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.
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.
Warewashing and cold storage for Yolo County
Warewashing is easy to overlook until the dish room is the thing that is down. Dishwashing trailers like the 38ft Low-Temp Conveyor Dishwashing Trailer and the 22 to 26ft Low-Temp Dishwashing Trailer can be rented with a kitchen or on their own for Yolo County sites. Kitchens in Winters hit the same wall when the dish room closes before the cooking line does.
Refrigeration is an emergency. When a walk-in cooler or freezer breaks down in Yolo County, stock starts to warm immediately, so an emergency refrigerated trailer such as the 20ft MT Refrigerated Trailer gives product somewhere cold to go. A walk-in that fails in Davis starts the same clock on the stock inside.
Climate normals for Yolo County run from an average January low of 39°F to an average July high of 95°F, with roughly 21 inches of precipitation yearly. 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.
Recent federal declarations for Yolo County
The most recent declarations that include Yolo County, newest first. Each is a federal designation for the county, listed with its FEMA number and declaration date.
- DR-4683, major disaster declaration: Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, declared January 14, 2023
- EM-3591, emergency declaration: Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides, declared January 9, 2023
- DR-4558, major disaster declaration: Wildfires, declared August 22, 2020
- FM-5331, fire management assistance declaration: Lnu Lightning Fire Complex, declared August 18, 2020
- DR-4434, major disaster declaration: Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, declared May 17, 2019
- DR-4308, major disaster declaration: Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides, declared April 1, 2017
- DR-4305, major disaster declaration: Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides, declared March 16, 2017
- DR-4301, major disaster declaration: Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides, declared February 14, 2017
Browse connected geography
Crews and facilities working in Yolo County often look at the counties around it too. The nearest ones are below, with the state and index pages.
- Napa County: about 26 miles from Yolo County, 37 FEMA declarations, 3 hospitals listed by CMS
- Sutter County: about 27 miles from Yolo County, 18 FEMA declarations, 1 hospital listed by CMS
- Solano County: about 29 miles from Yolo County, 28 FEMA declarations, 6 hospitals listed by CMS
- Sacramento County: about 34 miles from Yolo County, 21 FEMA declarations, 14 hospitals listed by CMS
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Who rents kitchen trailers in Yolo County
Who rents a mobile kitchen near Yolo County? Mostly government agencies, prisons, hospitals and universities, along with contractors and public agencies. The need is usually the same: a working kitchen while the permanent one is unavailable. Care homes in Woodland and school kitchens in West Sacramento, places of about 62,983 residents and about 55,991 residents, lose their lines for different reasons, but the rental that answers them is the same.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services counts 2 hospitals in Yolo County: Sutter Davis Hospital and Woodland Memorial Hospital. The county also has 6 nursing homes certified by Medicare or Medicaid, with about 577 beds. The National Center for Education Statistics counts 67 public schools with about 30,005 students, in districts such as Woodland Joint Unified, Davis Joint Unified and Washington Unified.
- Government Facility Kitchen Rentals and Leasing: emergency feeding for staff during an incident
- Prison and Correctional Facility Kitchen Rentals: security requirements that affect delivery, staffing and placement
- Hospital Kitchen Rental and Temporary Kitchen Trailers: pairing a kitchen trailer with a dishwashing trailer so tray and ware return keeps pace
- University and Campus Temporary Kitchen Rentals: dishwashing capacity for trays and plates at peak times
When the project needs more than a kitchen
Plan the kitchen first; everything else is sized around mobile kitchens in Yolo County. Crews on a long or remote job can add laundry trailer rentals, such as the 24ft Laundry Trailer, or shower trailer rentals, such as the 20ft Five-Stall Shower Container. Each model page lists its equipment and power, and we quote them on request.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a temporary kitchen in Yolo County need approval?
The local health authority usually reviews temporary food-service facilities, and the rules differ by jurisdiction. Ask Yolo County environmental health or the California health department what applies; we can supply equipment lists for the review.
Can I rent a mobile kitchen in Yolo County?
Yes. Mobile commercial kitchens are rented to facilities in Yolo 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.
What do you need to quote a rental in Yolo County?
The site address, start date, rental length, the kind of kitchen or storage needed, the number of people served, and the power, water and wastewater available on site. The rental planning form collects each of these.
Can dishwashing be rented with a kitchen in Yolo 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.
Why Organizations Choose Emergency Commercial Mobile Kitchen Service
A temporary kitchen is only useful if it fits the site, the power and the menu. That is why mobile commercial kitchen rentals for Yolo County start with questions about your operation, not just a trailer size.
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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
A broken walk-in cooler or a kitchen shutdown can happen at any hour, and so can your call.
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End-to-End Project Support
From the first quote to placement, utility hookup guidance and pickup, one team stays on your project.
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Flexible Rental Solutions
Weekly and monthly terms let you match the rental period to the repair, project or season.
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Heavy-Duty Commercial Equipment
Commercial ranges, ovens, sinks and dishwashers are built for daily institutional cooking and washing.
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Experienced Logistics Coordination
Coordination covers who needs to be on site, what needs to be ready and when the unit is collected.
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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