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Ashton, ID Emergency Mobile Kitchen Rentals and Dishwashing Trailers
Emergency Commercial Mobile Kitchen Service supplies mobile commercial kitchen trailers in Ashton, Idaho, plus dishwashing trailers and emergency refrigeration for the supporting work. The same team handles emergency meal service after an equipment failure and planned rentals for renovation or construction work. Terms run from a week to a season: short-term for outages, long-term leases for renovations. We rent to commercial and institutional customers such as municipal agencies, manufacturers and construction crews. Delivery coordination covers the route, the pad and the utility connections. Request availability and a quote for your project in Ashton, ID, or in St. Anthony.
24/7 emergency line: (877) 416-7535
The trailer- Population (2024 est.)
- 982
- County
- Fremont County
- Land area
- 0.6 sq mi
- FEMA declarations (county)
- 3
Kitchen trailers for rent in Ashton, ID
For Ashton, a modular kitchen trailer brings griddles, ranges, ovens, sinks and refrigeration in one unit instead of rebuilding them piece by piece. St. Anthony is only 14 miles away, with about 4,093 residents, and Sugar City about 20 miles, so a project that spans them can share one kitchen plan.
Kitchens in the fleet run from the 24ft Mobile Kitchen up to the 40ft Bulk Combo Kitchen. For a site like this one, the 28ft Mobile Kitchen, 38ft Mobile Kitchen and 24ft Mobile Kitchen are the models to compare first, each with its listed equipment and electrical requirements.
Dishwashing trailers and cold storage for Ashton
A kitchen is only half of food service. A dishwashing trailer such as the 30ft High-Temp Conveyor Dishwashing Trailer (220V, 3 phase, 200A) handles trays, plates and pans so Ashton kitchens do not fall back on disposables. Driggs, 29 miles away, has the same problem when the dish room closes before the cooking line does.
When a compressor quits, product loss follows within hours. Emergency refrigerated trailers, such as the 20ft Cooler Trailer, 32°F, are rented to restaurants, hotels, hospitals and institutions around Ashton. Rigby sits in Jefferson County, which has 4 federal declarations on record; a walk-in that fails there starts the same clock on the stock inside.
A typical January night in Fremont County drops to 10°F, a typical July afternoon reaches 79°F, and the county gets about 22 inches of precipitation in a year (NOAA, 1991 to 2020). January lows run about 8 degrees colder than the average Idaho county. With nights that cold, a kitchen trailer needs heated or insulated water lines, and a refrigerated trailer should not be asked to hold product warm against freezing air.
Industries we serve around Ashton
Expect requests in Ashton from municipal agencies, manufacturers, construction crews and nursing homes. A municipal temporary kitchen is a typical first conversation, followed by questions about power, water and placement. Victor (about 2,442 residents) and Ucon (about 1,218 residents) each have their own mix of hospitals, schools and plants, but the reasons they rent line up.
CMS lists no hospital in Fremont County; the nearest county with one is Madison County, about 31 miles away. Certified nursing care adds 1 home and roughly 38 beds. The National Center for Education Statistics counts 10 public schools with about 2,252 students, in districts such as Fremont County Joint District and Island Park Charter School Inc.
- Municipal and Public Institution Kitchen Trailer Rentals: public buildings under renovation
- Manufacturing Plant Cafeteria Kitchen Rentals: plant shutdowns and turnarounds that bring in extra contractors
- Construction Site Mobile Kitchen Rentals for Crews: a need for dishwashing, cold storage and a kitchen together
- Nursing Home and Assisted Living Kitchen Rentals: equipment failure in an older kitchen that cannot be repaired quickly
Local conditions and rental planning in Ashton
Past emergencies and recovery needs in Ashton
OpenFEMA lists 3 disaster declarations that include Fremont County, going back to 1976. The most frequent incident types were hurricane (1 declaration) and severe storms (1 declaration). A project that reaches St. Anthony should read that page too; it lists the declarations for its county.
The most recent is Hurricane Katrina (emergency declaration, EM-3244), declared September 13, 2005, with the incident beginning August 29, 2005. Hurricane damage and long outages can close kitchens for weeks, and recovery crews need meals while permanent facilities are repaired. The latest major disaster declaration is Severe Storms, Snowmelt, Land/Mud Slides, Flooding (DR-1177), declared June 13, 1997. By incident type, the count is hurricane 1, severe storms 1 and flooding 1. By decade: 1970s 1, 1990s 1 and 2000s 1. Earlier declarations include Dam Collapse, Flooding (DR-505, June 6, 1976).
Ten years of NOAA storm records, 2016 through 2025, show 62 county-based event records for Fremont County; high-wind and thunderstorm events account for 56 of them, flood events for 6. The costliest event with a reported dollar figure was a flood in February 2017, with about $131,000 in property damage. Storm winds mean outages measured in days in some places, so the generator question belongs in the plan from the start.
Fremont County is the origin of 1 mapped wildfire of 1,000 acres or more since 2016, adding up to roughly 1,991 acres, according to NIFC. The biggest, Grassy, burned 1,991 acres in 2025. 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.
Major construction near Ashton
Since October 2021, 4 federal construction contracts of $500,000 or more have named Fremont County as the place of work. USASpending.gov shows a $1.7 million Department of the Interior contract, “Teton Dam 50TH Commemoration Overlook Project,” starting January 2025 in Fremont County (award record). A contract of that size means a crew that eats on site: hot food for many people on odd shifts, with water and wastewater to plan for the kitchen. A job in Sugar City (about 2,395 residents) raises the same crew-meal questions.
Rebuilds and remodels around Ashton
No federal contract for repairing or modernizing a building is on record for Fremont County. The nearest is in Jefferson County, about 51 miles away. In September 2021, the Department of the Interior awarded a $8.4 million contract for “GAOA - Water Delivery System Upgrade for Camas NWR” in Jefferson County, with work running to September 2026 (award record). Renovations like this are the usual reason an institution leases a mobile kitchen, because the permanent one cannot run while the work is under way. Rexburg is on the same footing: the old kitchen closes on a date, and the temporary one has to be cooking before it.
Getting emergency equipment into Ashton
The Idaho Office of Emergency Management (IOEM) and local emergency managers decide where public disaster staging happens in Idaho. 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 Driggs, in Teton County, so check the published sources for that area before planning a route.
By CMS's hospital list, the closest to Ashton is Madison Memorial Hospital, in Rexburg, about 24 miles from Ashton in a straight line.
Pricing a mobile kitchen for Ashton
There is no single price for every job in Ashton. Equipment, rental term, delivery and site conditions all change it. As a guide, prices start at the 38ft Mobile Kitchen from $7,995, the 24ft Mobile Kitchen from $4,995 and the 40ft Bulk Kitchen from $10,995, and they may vary. Rigby is quoted on the same factors, but at 36 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.
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.
Ashton by the numbers
Census estimates put Ashton at 982 people in 2024, 88th of 128 Idaho places covered here. It covers about 0.6 square miles of Fremont County. Fremont County covers 1,864 square miles and has 3 places on this site, about 5,925 residents between them; the largest is St. Anthony. That works out to about 1,539 residents per square mile. Boise City, the Idaho capital, is about 241 miles away in a straight line, which matters for state-level emergency coordination. St. Anthony is the closest larger covered place, roughly 14 straight-line miles from Ashton.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer 2024 and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distances are straight-line estimates, not driving distances.
Rentals around Ashton
Crews and facilities working around Ashton also look at the nearby places below. Distances are straight-line estimates between the places, not driving routes.
- St. Anthony, ID: about 14 miles from Ashton, about 4,093 residents
- Sugar City, ID: about 20 miles from Ashton, about 2,395 residents
- Rexburg, ID: about 24 miles from Ashton, about 40,695 residents
- Driggs, ID: about 29 miles from Ashton, about 2,332 residents
- Rigby, ID: about 36 miles from Ashton, about 5,683 residents
- Victor, ID: about 37 miles from Ashton, about 2,442 residents
Site checklist for Ashton
Moving the job to Iona or Ammon changes the pad and the paperwork; the list below stays the same.
- 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.
- Health review: ask Fremont County environmental health or the local authority what a temporary kitchen needs to be approved.
See the site planning guides for power, water, wastewater and placement detail.
Counties around Ashton
The nearest Idaho counties to Ashton are Madison County (22 miles), Teton County (25 miles) and Jefferson County (47 miles).
- Madison County: about 22 miles from Ashton, 3 FEMA declarations since records began, 1 hospital listed by CMS
- Teton County: about 25 miles from Ashton, 1 FEMA declaration since records began, 1 hospital listed by CMS
- Jefferson County: about 47 miles from Ashton, 4 FEMA declarations since records began, 0 hospitals listed by CMS
Beyond the kitchen: facilities for longer jobs
For a base camp the kitchen is the center of the day. Beside mobile kitchens in Ashton, a job can add laundry trailer rentals or shower trailer rentals; the 24ft Laundry Trailer and the 20ft Five-Stall Shower Container are two examples. Rent only what the project needs.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get emergency refrigeration in Ashton?
Call the 24-hour line and describe the failure, your address and the product you need to protect. Emergency refrigerated trailers are 20ft units listed at 32°F, 15°F and -5°F and need a 220V single-phase supply rated 40 to 60A. Availability depends on the unit and your location.
What should I prepare before delivery in Ashton?
A level pad, a clear approach for the trailer, the right electrical service, potable water, a wastewater route and a contact to meet the delivery. Our site planning guides walk through each item.
What power does a kitchen trailer need in Ashton?
Kitchen trailers on our list run on 220V single phase, from 200A on the 24ft and 28ft models to 200 to 220A on the larger ones. Dishwashing trailers range from 150A to 300A depending on the model, and the 30ft conveyor unit is listed on three-phase power. Check the model page before you confirm the site.
How long can I keep a kitchen trailer in Ashton?
Rental periods start at one week and run by the month. A short outage may need one or two weeks; a renovation can lease a kitchen for many months. Ask about long-term leasing when you request a quote.
Why Organizations Choose Emergency Commercial Mobile Kitchen Service
Kitchen outages in Ashton do not wait for a convenient schedule. Mobile commercial kitchen rentals work best when the equipment, the site plan and the people who set it up are lined up before the first meal is due.
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Accelerated Deployment
Gathering utility and access details up front removes the common causes of setup delays.
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24/7 Emergency Service
Emergency and planned requests can both be started at any time of day or night.
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End-to-End Project Support
Questions about permits, water, power and wastewater are part of the conversation, not an afterthought.
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Flexible Rental Solutions
Kitchens, dishwashing and refrigeration can be rented together or separately as the project changes.
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Heavy-Duty Commercial Equipment
Commercial-grade cooking, warewashing and cold storage equipment stands up to long service days.
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Experienced Logistics Coordination
Planning the path in, the pad and the connections together avoids surprises on delivery day.
Why clients trust usWhat we can confirm
- Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for emergency and planned rental requests.
- Rentals are for commercial and industrial customers: hospitals, schools, institutions, hotels, contractors and public agencies.
- Equipment and electrical requirements are listed on each model page, so you can check them against your site.
- Delivery, setup and pickup are coordinated with your facility team, with guidance on power, water and wastewater.
Open 24/7 for emergencies
Start Your Rental Inquiry
Tell us the project location, the equipment you need, how long you need it and what is on site, and we will help match a trailer to the job. Emergencies and planned rentals both start here, or call the line any hour.
Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A request is not a reservation; availability depends on the unit and your location.