Selma, CA Mobile Commercial Kitchen Rentals and Emergency Cold Storage

Past emergencies and recovery needs in Selma

Since 1969, Fresno County has been named in 18 FEMA declarations; flooding (6 declarations) and severe storms (4 declarations) lead the list. Kingsburg has its own page with its county's federal declarations, which helps when a project spans both.

The most recent is Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides (major disaster declaration, DR-4699), declared April 3, 2023, with the incident beginning February 21, 2023. Severe storms interrupt power, roads and deliveries together, which is hard on any operation that serves meals on a schedule. By incident type, the count is flooding 6, severe storms 4, wildfire 3, freezing conditions 3 and hurricane 1. By decade: 1960s 1, 1970s 1, 1980s 1, 1990s 6, 2000s 2, 2010s 1 and 2020s 6. Earlier declarations include Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides (EM-3592, March 10, 2023), Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides (DR-4683, January 14, 2023), Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides (EM-3591, January 9, 2023), Wildfires (DR-4569, October 16, 2020) and Creek Fire (FM-5348, September 6, 2020).

NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 363 county-based severe-weather event records for Fresno County between 2016 and 2025, led by flood events (311) and high-wind and thunderstorm events (52). The costliest event with a reported dollar figure was a tornado in January 2019, with about $500,000 in property damage. Flooding fouls kitchen equipment and drainage first, and a kitchen cannot reopen until it has been cleaned and inspected.

Fresno County is the origin of 8 mapped wildfires of 1,000 acres or more since 2016, adding up to roughly 538,683 acres, according to NIFC. The biggest, Creek, burned 379,802 acres in 2020. Fire weather means planned power cuts as well as fires, and a walk-in cooler does not keep product cold through a long shutoff.

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

Major construction near Selma

USASpending.gov lists 78 federal construction contracts of $500,000 or more with work in Fresno County since October 2021, worth about $305 million together. Another public record is “Replacement of Fresno Jet Fuel Complex,” a $17 million Department of Defense contract from September 2020 in Fresno County (award record). In September 2019, the Department of Veterans Affairs awarded a $15 million contract for “Phase II Chiller Project for VA Central California Healthcare System” in Fresno County, with work running to May 2024 (award record). USASpending.gov shows a $13 million Department of Veterans Affairs contract, “Improve Site Access and Physical Security Deficiencies for VA Fresno,” starting January 2024 in Fresno County (award record). The Department of Agriculture committed $10 million to “Jerseydale Work & Batterson Work Center Barracks” in Fresno County, awarded February 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 project in Parlier, about 14,429 residents, would face the same phasing questions about gates, haul roads and pad space.

Renovation projects that close kitchens in Selma

The Department of Veterans Affairs committed $24 million to “Implementing Eo 14398 Dei Discrimination Renovate and Expand Chilled Water Infrastructure” in Fresno County, awarded October 2026 (award record). Another public record is “Renovate Sterile Processing & Supply (SPS),” a $19 million Department of Veterans Affairs contract from August 2023 in Fresno County (award record). In October 2026, the Department of Veterans Affairs awarded a $11 million contract for “Renovate Imaging and Cathertization Lab” in Fresno County, with work running to September 2028 (award record). USASpending.gov shows a $11 million Department of Veterans Affairs contract, “Remodel Emergency Department (Ed) for Observation Beds,” starting March 2023 in Fresno County (award record). A remodel in Fowler would start from the same closure date and the same temporary-kitchen question.

Emergency equipment access around Selma

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 Reedley, so check the published sources for that area before planning a route.

Adventist Health Reedley is the nearest hospital CMS lists, in Reedley, about 9 miles from Selma in a straight line.

Pricing a mobile kitchen for Selma

Price depends on the model, the rental period, delivery and setup requirements and the utilities on site. Starting prices for kitchens near Selma include the 38ft Mobile Kitchen from $7,995, the 40ft Mobile Kitchen from $9,995 and the 24ft Mobile Kitchen from $4,995, and prices may vary. See the equipment pages for dishwashing and refrigeration. Sanger is quoted on the same factors, but at 9 miles away 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.