Etna, CA Mobile Commercial Kitchen Rentals and Emergency Cold Storage

Emergencies that shaped recovery needs near Etna

Since 1964, Siskiyou County has been named in 21 FEMA declarations; wildfire (7 declarations) and flooding (6 declarations) lead the list. Yreka has its own page with its county's federal declarations, which helps when a project spans both.

The most recent is Tropical Storm Hilary (major disaster declaration, DR-4750), declared November 21, 2023, with the incident beginning August 19, 2023. Coastal storm recovery depends on feeding responders and displaced workers, often before the local power grid is restored. By incident type, the count is wildfire 7, flooding 6, severe storms 5, hurricane 2 and drought 1. By decade: 1960s 1, 1970s 3, 1990s 3, 2000s 2, 2010s 6 and 2020s 6. Before that came Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides (DR-4683, January 14, 2023), Mill Fire (FM-5450, September 2, 2022), Lava Fire (FM-5393, June 29, 2021), Wildfires (DR-4569, October 16, 2020) and Slater Fire (FM-5361, September 9, 2020).

Between 2016 and 2025 the Storm Events Database recorded 15 county-based event records in Siskiyou County, with flood events the most common at 13. Flooding fouls kitchen equipment and drainage first, and a kitchen cannot reopen until it has been cleaned and inspected.

The National Interagency Fire Center maps 28 wildfires of 1,000 acres or more that started in Siskiyou County since 2016, together covering about 940,513 acres. The largest was the Haypress (River Complex) fire in 2021, at 193,402 acres. After a fire, inspections, smoke cleanup and power restoration decide when a kitchen reopens, and the meals have to come from somewhere in between.

A declaration designates an area for federal assistance; it does not describe damage at any one address.

Construction projects and crew meals near Etna

Since October 2021, 11 federal construction contracts of $500,000 or more have named Siskiyou County as the place of work. Another public record is “GAOA - Design Build of New Visitors Center and Headquarters Building at Tule Lake NWR,” a $8.2 million Department of the Interior contract from October 2021 in Siskiyou County (award record). In September 2024, the Department of the Interior awarded a $3.4 million contract for “CA Tule Lake NWR Bunk House Design-Build” in Siskiyou County, with work running to April 2026 (award record). USASpending.gov shows a $886,000 Department of Agriculture contract, “Disaster, Lava Road Repair,” starting June 2026 in Siskiyou County (award record). The Department of the Interior committed $676,000 to “Grid Tied PV System, Lava Beds National Monument, Siskiyou County, California” in Siskiyou County, awarded August 2023 (award record). Work like this puts crews on a site for months, often far from a restaurant, and the meals become a logistics question before the first shift starts. A job in Montague (about 1,170 residents) raises the same crew-meal questions.

Major renovation in Etna

No federal contract for repairing or modernizing a building is on record for Siskiyou County. The nearest is in Jackson County, about 57 miles away. Another public record is “Minor Project 692-348 - Replace Seismically Deficient Building 220 for Education and Meeting Rooms,” a $9.8 million Department of Veterans Affairs contract from September 2018 in Jackson County (award record). In August 2021, the Department of the Interior awarded a $5.7 million contract for “OR- Nat'L Forensic Laboratory Seismic Up” in Jackson County, with work running to January 2024 (award record). Building repair and modernization work often closes a kitchen for part of the project, which is when a temporary kitchen on a lease keeps meals going. A remodel in Weed would start from the same closure date and the same temporary-kitchen question.

Emergency equipment access around Etna

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. Staging and access details differ again in Mount Shasta, so check the published sources for that area before planning a route.

By CMS's hospital list, the closest to Etna is Fairchild Medical Center, a critical access hospital, in Yreka, about 23 miles from Etna in a straight line.

Pricing a mobile kitchen for Etna

Price depends on the model, the rental period, delivery and setup requirements and the utilities on site. Starting prices for kitchens near Etna include the 38ft Mobile Kitchen from $7,995, the 28ft Mobile Kitchen from $6,995 and the 40ft Mobile Combo Kitchen from $9,995, and prices may vary. See the equipment pages for dishwashing and refrigeration. A kitchen for Dunsmuir, 36 miles from here, 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.