Highland, CA Mobile Commercial Kitchen Trailer Rentals

What past disasters mean for kitchens in Highland

Federal records show San Bernardino County designated in 59 declarations since 1965, led by wildfire (33 declarations) and flooding (13 declarations). If you plan across towns, check the page for Redlands as well; its own declaration history is listed there.

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. 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 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. After a fire, inspections, smoke cleanup and power restoration decide when a kitchen reopens, and the meals have to come from somewhere in between.

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

Infrastructure work around Highland

USASpending.gov lists 100 or more federal construction contracts of $500,000 or more with work in San Bernardino County since October 2021. Another public record is “Construction of Mcon Project P-1231 Wastewater Treatment Plant at Mcagcc, 29 Palms California,” a $155 million Department of Defense contract from May 2023 in San Bernardino County (award record). In August 2023, the Department of Defense awarded a $87 million contract for “P-924, Range Simulation Training & Operations Facility” in San Bernardino County, with work running to September 2027 (award record). USASpending.gov shows a $47 million Department of Defense contract, “Sims Center - Complete,” starting February 2023 in San Bernardino County (award record). The Department of Transportation committed $32 million to “The Contractor Shall Provide All Program Support” in San Bernardino County, awarded April 2025 (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 Loma Linda (about 25,197 residents) raises the same crew-meal questions.

Rebuilds and remodels around Highland

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. In September 2021, the Department of Defense awarded a $14 million contract for “Design Build Building 515 Renovation” in Orange County, with work running to August 2026 (award record). USASpending.gov shows a $13 million General Services Administration contract, “Rrch Elevator Modernization, Ronald Reagan FB and CH, Santa Ana, CA,” starting June 2023 in Orange County (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 San Bernardino would start from the same closure date and the same temporary-kitchen question.

Getting emergency equipment into Highland

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

Redlands Community Hospital is the nearest hospital CMS lists, in Redlands, about 4 miles from Highland in a straight line.

Local rental costs in Highland

There is no single price for every job in Highland. Equipment, rental term, delivery and site conditions all change it. As a guide, prices start at the 28ft Mobile Kitchen from $6,995, the 40ft Mobile Combo Kitchen from $9,995 and the 38ft Mobile Kitchen from $7,995, and they may vary. A kitchen for Colton, 10 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.