Florence, CO Mobile Commercial Kitchen Rentals and Emergency Cold Storage

Emergency food service in Florence often starts with one question: where will the next meal be cooked? A commercial kitchen trailer on a level pad gives the answer while the permanent kitchen is out of action. A project that crosses into Cañon City (about 17,193 residents) usually keeps one menu, one crew and one power plan, which is why the kitchen is chosen first.

Common choices include the 38ft Mobile Kitchen (220V, single phase, 200 to 220A), the 28ft Mobile Kitchen (220V, single phase, 200A) and the 24ft Mobile Kitchen (220V, single phase, 200A). Each model page lists the equipment and the electrical service.

A kitchen is only half of food service. A dishwashing trailer such as the 22 to 26ft Low-Temp Dishwashing Trailer (220V, single phase, 150A) handles trays, plates and pans so Florence kitchens do not fall back on disposables. Warewashing needs the same hot water and drain plan in Fountain, 31 miles from here, as it does here.

Emergency refrigeration for Florence means cold storage that arrives as a trailer. The 20ft Cooler Trailer, 32°F is one of three 20ft temperature configurations, subject to availability for your location. In Manitou Springs, where El Paso County has 18 federal declarations on record, the call for emergency refrigeration begins the same way.

Climate normals for Fremont County run from an average January low of 14°F to an average July high of 82°F, with roughly 14 inches of precipitation yearly. Hard freezes are routine, so the water hookup is planned with heat tape or an insulated hose, and wastewater lines are kept from freezing between uses.

Rental customers in Florence are commercial, institutional and public: nursing homes, school districts, construction crews and manufacturers. Each has its own pressure points, from a nursing home kitchen rental during a remodel to keeping staff fed through a long project. Care homes in Colorado Springs and school kitchens in Woodland Park, places of about 493,554 residents and about 8,043 residents, lose their lines for different reasons, but the rental that answers them is the same.

CMS lists one hospital in Fremont County: ST Thomas More Hospital, a critical access hospital. The county also has 6 nursing homes certified by Medicare or Medicaid, with about 453 beds. Public schools here number 13, enrolling about 4,720 students, with Fremont Re-1, Fremont Re-2 and Fremont Re-3 among the larger districts (NCES).

• Nursing Home and Assisted Living Kitchen Rentals: equipment failure in an older kitchen that cannot be repaired quickly
• School Cafeteria Kitchen Rentals During Renovation: central kitchens that need a temporary production line during modernization
• Construction Site Mobile Kitchen Rentals for Crews: a need for dishwashing, cold storage and a kitchen together
• Manufacturing Plant Cafeteria Kitchen Rentals: plant shutdowns and turnarounds that bring in extra contractors

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.

Census estimates put Florence at 3,883 people in 2024, 89th of 194 Colorado places covered here. It covers about 4.5 square miles of Fremont County. Fremont County covers 1,534 square miles and has 4 places on this site, about 22,391 residents between them; the largest is Cañon City. Spread over that area, the estimate gives about 864 residents per square mile. In a straight line, Florence sits about 96 miles from Denver, the capital of Colorado. Cañon City is the closest larger covered place, roughly 8 straight-line miles from Florence.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer 2024 and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distances are straight-line estimates, not driving distances.

Facilities near Florence often compare notes with neighbors. These places are close enough to plan together, measured in straight-line miles from Florence, not driving distance.

• Williamsburg, CO: about 4 miles from Florence, about 782 residents
• Cañon City, CO: about 8 miles from Florence, about 17,193 residents
• Cripple Creek, CO: about 26 miles from Florence, about 1,122 residents
• Pueblo, CO: about 28 miles from Florence, about 111,166 residents
• Fountain, CO: about 31 miles from Florence, about 29,457 residents
• Manitou Springs, CO: about 35 miles from Florence, about 4,607 residents

The checklist does not change for Salida or Monument, but the pad, the power and the permit usually do.

• People: decide who meets the driver, who signs off the setup and who calls us if something changes.
• Entry: tell us if the door needs a ramp or stairs; the setup times differ.
• Timing: share your start date and rental period so the quote reflects the real schedule.

The site planning guides cover each of these items in more depth.

The nearest Colorado counties to Florence are Custer County (24 miles), Teller County (34 miles) and Pueblo County (37 miles).

• Custer County: about 24 miles from Florence, 12 FEMA declarations since records began, 0 hospitals listed by CMS
• Teller County: about 34 miles from Florence, 11 FEMA declarations since records began, 1 hospital listed by CMS
• Pueblo County: about 37 miles from Florence, 18 FEMA declarations since records began, 3 hospitals listed by CMS

For a base camp the kitchen is the center of the day. Beside mobile kitchens in Florence, a job can add remote workforce housing with multi-use crew support trailers or restroom trailer rentals; the Office, Sleeper, Shower and Restroom Trailer and the Standalone Restroom Trailer are two examples. Rent only what the project needs.