Richmond, CA Commercial Kitchen Trailers for Rent

Past emergencies and recovery needs in Richmond

OpenFEMA lists 19 disaster declarations that include Contra Costa County, going back to 1969. The most frequent incident types were flooding (8 declarations) and severe storms (6 declarations). San Pablo has a page of its own with the federal declarations for its county, useful when one project crosses the line.

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. Floodwater can contaminate kitchen equipment and force closures until cleanup and inspection are finished, which is when replacement cooking, dishwashing and cold storage matter. By incident type, the count is flooding 8, severe storms 6, coastal storm 2, hurricane 1 and earthquake 1. By decade: 1960s 1, 1970s 1, 1980s 5, 1990s 5, 2000s 2, 2010s 3 and 2020s 2. Earlier declarations include Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides (EM-3591, January 9, 2023), Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides (DR-4308, April 1, 2017), Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides (DR-4305, March 16, 2017), Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides (DR-4301, February 14, 2017) and Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides (DR-1628, February 3, 2006).

NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 60 county-based severe-weather event records for Contra Costa County between 2016 and 2025, led by flood events (57) and high-wind and thunderstorm events (3). Flooding fouls kitchen equipment and drainage first, and a kitchen cannot reopen until it has been cleaned and inspected.

No wildfire of 1,000 acres or more has a mapped origin in Contra Costa County in NIFC's records since 2016. Smoke and power shutoffs travel farther than fires do, though: the nearest large fire on record began in Alameda County, about 19 miles away, where the Little fire burned 1,078 acres in 2026.

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

Construction projects and crew meals near Richmond

USASpending.gov lists 60 federal construction contracts of $500,000 or more with work in Contra Costa County since October 2021, worth about $374 million together. In July 2018, the Department of Defense awarded a $97 million contract for “Repair/Upgrade Pier 2 Main Platform Deck Structure, Motco, Concord CA” in Contra Costa County, with work running to May 2021 (award record). USASpending.gov shows a $85 million Department of Defense contract, “Containerized Ammunition Holding Facilities,” starting February 2026 in Contra Costa County (award record). The Department of Veterans Affairs committed $23 million to “Parking Structure (Design-Build) Martinez, CA: Implementing Eo 14398 Dei Discrimination” in Contra Costa County, awarded September 2026 (award record). Another public record is “Johnson Road Elect, Comm, Lighting,” a $18 million Department of Defense contract from September 2019 in Contra Costa 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 El Cerrito (about 26,409 residents) raises the same crew-meal questions.

Major renovation in Richmond

No federal contract for repairing or modernizing a building is on record for Contra Costa County. The nearest is in Alameda County, about 19 miles away. Another public record is “Alameda Child Development Center Major Maintenance and Repair (M&R) and Expansion Project,” a $31 million Department of Homeland Security contract from September 2026 in Alameda County (award record). In September 2026, the Department of Agriculture awarded a $7.3 million contract for “4 Part Construction Project to Upgrade Boilers at the Albany, CA Wrrc” in Alameda County, with work running to September 2027 (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 Pinole would start from the same closure date and the same temporary-kitchen question.

Getting emergency equipment into Richmond

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 Albany, look to the agencies covering Alameda County rather than assuming the same routes.

By CMS's hospital list, the closest to Richmond is Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates Camp, in Berkeley, about 7 miles from Richmond in a straight line.

What a kitchen rental costs in Richmond

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