Carey, ID Mobile Kitchen Trailer Lease for Renovations

Emergency food service in Carey 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 Bellevue (about 2,582 residents) usually keeps one menu, one crew and one power plan, which is why the kitchen is chosen first.

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, 24ft Mobile Kitchen and 38ft Mobile Kitchen are the models to compare first, each with its listed equipment and electrical requirements.

Pair the kitchen with dishwashing. The 38ft High-Temp Conveyor Dishwashing Trailer lists conveyor-type high-temperature dishwasher, a three-compartment sink and a handwashing sink, on 220V, single phase, 300A. Ketchum, 34 miles away, has the same problem when the dish room closes before the cooking line does.

A failed walk-in freezer is a race against thawing. Call the 24-hour line for an emergency refrigerated trailer; the 20ft Cooler Trailer, 32°F lists 220V, single phase, 40 to 60A and a standard receptacle. Shoshone sits in Lincoln County, which has 5 federal declarations on record; a walk-in that fails there starts the same clock on the stock inside.

NOAA's 1991 to 2020 county normals put the average January low in Blaine County at 13°F and the average July high at 82°F, with about 18 inches of precipitation a year. January lows run about 5 degrees colder than the average Idaho county. 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 Carey are commercial, institutional and public: municipal agencies, disaster-response teams, school districts and construction crews. Each has its own pressure points, from a municipal temporary kitchen during a remodel to keeping staff fed through a long project. Gooding (about 3,825 residents) and Paul (about 1,722 residents) each have their own mix of hospitals, schools and plants, but the reasons they rent line up.

CMS lists one hospital in Blaine County: ST Luke'S Wood River Medical Center, a critical access hospital. The county also has 1 nursing home certified by Medicare or Medicaid, with about 32 beds. Public schools here number 9, enrolling about 3,343 students, with Blaine County District and Syringa Mountain School Inc among the larger districts (NCES).

• Municipal and Public Institution Kitchen Trailer Rentals: senior-nutrition and community meal programs that cannot pause
• Disaster Response Kitchen Rentals and Emergency Food Service: dishwashing capacity where utilities are limited
• School Cafeteria Kitchen Rentals During Renovation: summer cafeteria renovations that run late
• Construction Site Mobile Kitchen Rentals for Crews: a need for dishwashing, cold storage and a kitchen together

Sources: OpenFEMA (retrieved October 30, 2026); NOAA Storm Events, NIFC fire perimeters, NOAA nClimDiv normals, CMS provider data and NCES school data (retrieved October 31, 2026). Public records for an area or a project, not damage reports or work we did.

Census estimates put Carey at 703 people in 2024, 109th of 128 Idaho places covered here. The city spans roughly 3.5 square miles in Blaine County. Across Blaine County's 2,638 square miles, 5 places are covered here, together about 18,641 residents, with Hailey the largest. Spread over that area, the estimate gives about 204 residents per square mile. Boise City, the Idaho capital, is about 116 miles away in a straight line, which matters for state-level emergency coordination. The nearest larger place covered here is Bellevue, about 19 miles away in a straight line.

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

A shared kitchen need can span several communities. The nearest places to Carey are listed with their straight-line distance; road distance and delivery time will differ.

• Bellevue, ID: about 19 miles from Carey, about 2,582 residents
• Hailey, ID: about 23 miles from Carey, about 9,976 residents
• Sun Valley, ID: about 32 miles from Carey, about 1,771 residents
• Ketchum, ID: about 34 miles from Carey, about 3,609 residents
• Shoshone, ID: about 35 miles from Carey, about 1,757 residents
• Gooding, ID: about 47 miles from Carey, about 3,825 residents

Sites near Rupert and Jerome start from this same list, then adjust for their own pad, power and permits.

• Electrical: confirm the service matches the model, for example 220V single phase at 200 to 220A for the 40ft kitchens.
• Pad and access: a level area, a clear approach for the trailer length and room for food deliveries.
• Access steps: ramp setup takes about 4 to 6 hours and stairs 5 to 15 minutes, so say early if the door needs either.

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

The nearest Idaho counties to Carey are Lincoln County (25 miles), Minidoka County (35 miles) and Camas County (44 miles).

• Lincoln County: about 25 miles from Carey, 5 FEMA declarations since records began, 0 hospitals listed by CMS
• Minidoka County: about 35 miles from Carey, 3 FEMA declarations since records began, 1 hospital listed by CMS
• Camas County: about 44 miles from Carey, 6 FEMA declarations since records began, 0 hospitals listed by CMS

Plan the kitchen first; everything else is sized around mobile kitchens in Carey. Crews on a long or remote job can add bunk bed sleeper trailer rentals, such as the 20ft Contractor Accommodation Unit, or laundry trailer rentals, such as the 24ft Laundry Trailer. Each model page lists its equipment and power, and we quote them on request.