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Salmon, ID Mobile Commercial Kitchen Trailer Rentals

For Salmon, ID, we rent mobile commercial kitchens, backed by dishwashing trailers and emergency refrigeration for when a walk-in cooler or freezer breaks down. Use us for emergency food service during sudden outages as well as planned kitchen renovations and construction projects. Terms are flexible, from short-term emergency rentals to long-term leasing. Typical renters here are disaster-response teams, nursing homes and golf clubs. Placement and setup are arranged with your team, and delivery is scheduled around the site. Contact us to check availability and get a quote for Salmon or Sun Valley.

24/7 emergency line: (877) 416-7535

Interior of a 24ft portable commercial kitchen trailer
Population (2024 est.)
3,257
County
Lemhi County
Land area
2.5 sq mi
FEMA declarations (county)
3

Mobile commercial kitchen rental in Salmon

Temporary modular kitchens are how Salmon facilities keep serving through a closure. A modular commercial kitchen rental brings the cooking line to the site, with kitchen setup for renovations planned around your schedule. Requests from Sun Valley (105 miles away) and Ketchum start from the same questions about menu, crew and power, even though the places are far apart.

Match the trailer to the menu: the 38ft Mobile Kitchen for a focused cooking line, the 28ft Mobile Kitchen for more production room, and the 24ft Mobile Kitchen where bulk cooking or a walk-in cooler matters. Power requirements are shown on every page.

Industries we serve around Salmon

Kitchen requests in Salmon tend to fall into a few groups: disaster-response teams, nursing homes, golf clubs and construction crews. Our industry pages explain what each group usually needs and how a rental is planned around it. Bellevue (about 2,582 residents) and Grangeville (about 3,627 residents) each have their own mix of hospitals, schools and plants, but the reasons they rent line up.

CMS lists one hospital in Lemhi County: Steele Memorial Medical Center, a critical access hospital. The county also has 1 nursing home certified by Medicare or Medicaid, with about 45 beds. Public schools here number 8, enrolling about 935 students, with Salmon District, South Lemhi District and Fern-Waters Public Charter School Inc among the larger districts (NCES).

About Salmon, ID

Salmon is the 46th most populous of the 128 Idaho places this site covers, with an estimated 3,257 residents in 2024. The city spans roughly 2.5 square miles in Lemhi County. Lemhi County covers 4,564 square miles, and Salmon is the only place in it covered on this site. Spread over that area, the estimate gives about 1,298 residents per square mile. In a straight line, Salmon sits about 159 miles from Boise City, the capital of Idaho. Ketchum is the closest larger covered place, roughly 105 straight-line miles from Salmon.

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

Salmon: emergencies, projects, access and costs

Emergencies that shaped recovery needs near Salmon

OpenFEMA lists 3 disaster declarations that include Lemhi County, going back to 1984. The most frequent incident types were hurricane (1 declaration) and wildfire (1 declaration). Sun Valley has its own page, and its county, Blaine County, lists 8 federal declarations, which helps when a project spans both.

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 Wildfires (DR-1341), declared September 1, 2000. By incident type, the count is hurricane 1, wildfire 1 and snowstorm 1. Earlier declarations include Ice Jams and Flooding (DR-697, February 16, 1984).

Ten years of NOAA storm records, 2016 through 2025, show 21 county-based event records for Lemhi County; flood events account for 13 of them, high-wind and thunderstorm events for 8. NOAA's largest reported property loss there is $250,000, from a flash flood in June 2024. After a flood the pad matters as much as the unit: a rental kitchen needs firm, well-drained ground and a clear route in.

The National Interagency Fire Center maps 10 wildfires of 1,000 acres or more that started in Lemhi County since 2016, together covering about 293,004 acres. The largest was the Moose fire in 2022, at 130,198 acres. Smoke, evacuations and power shutoffs can close kitchens and spoil stock even when the flames never reach the building.

A declaration designates an area for federal assistance; it does not describe damage at any one address.

Major construction near Salmon

No federal construction contract of $500,000 or more lists Lemhi County as its place of work in USASpending.gov since October 2021. The nearest is in Custer County, about 49 miles away. In May 2023, the Department of Agriculture awarded a $4.3 million contract for “Gaoa/Cip Redfish Lake (Phase 3) Road Improvements Project” in Custer County, with work running to October 2024 (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 project in Ketchum, about 3,609 residents, would face the same phasing questions about gates, haul roads and pad space.

Rebuilds and remodels around Salmon

When school cafeterias, senior centers and municipal buildings in Salmon are remodeled, food service rarely stops for the project. A temporary kitchen on a long-term lease is the usual way to keep it running. McCall is on the same footing: the old kitchen closes on a date, and the temporary one has to be cooking before it.

Treat this as a planning example, not a record of past work.

Getting emergency equipment into Salmon

Public emergency operations in Idaho are coordinated by the Idaho Office of Emergency Management (IOEM), 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 Cascade, in Valley County, so check the published sources for that area before planning a route.

Steele Memorial Medical Center, a critical access hospital is the nearest hospital CMS lists, in Salmon itself.

What a kitchen rental costs in Salmon

There is no single price for every job in Salmon. Equipment, rental term, delivery and site conditions all change it. As a guide, prices start at the 28ft Mobile Kitchen from $6,995, the 24ft Mobile Kitchen from $4,995 and the 40ft Mobile Kitchen from $9,995, and they may vary. Hailey is quoted on the same factors, but at 117 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.

Supporting rentals: warewashing and refrigeration in Salmon

If the dish room is closed too, add a warewashing trailer. The 30ft High-Temp Conveyor Dishwashing Trailer needs 220V, 3 phase, 200A; plan a drain route sized for continuous washing. Cascade, 115 miles away, has the same problem when the dish room closes before the cooking line does.

Refrigeration is an emergency. When a walk-in cooler or freezer breaks down in Salmon, stock starts to warm immediately, so an emergency refrigerated trailer such as the 20ft Cooler Trailer, 32°F gives product somewhere cold to go. Hailey sits in Blaine County, which has 8 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 Lemhi County at 13°F and the average July high at 78°F, with about 21 inches of precipitation a year. January lows run about 5 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.

Before the trailer arrives in Salmon

Moving the job to Kamiah or St. Anthony changes the pad and the paperwork; the list below stays the same.

  • Health review: ask Lemhi County environmental health or the local authority what a temporary kitchen needs to be approved.
  • Pad and access: a level area, a clear approach for the trailer length and room for food deliveries.
  • Entry: tell us if the door needs a ramp or stairs; the setup times differ.

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

Other places near Salmon we rent to

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

  • Challis, ID: about 49 miles from Salmon, about 944 residents
  • Sun Valley, ID: about 105 miles from Salmon, about 1,771 residents
  • Ketchum, ID: about 105 miles from Salmon, about 3,609 residents
  • McCall, ID: about 110 miles from Salmon, about 4,104 residents
  • Cascade, ID: about 115 miles from Salmon, about 1,026 residents
  • Hailey, ID: about 117 miles from Salmon, about 9,976 residents

Salmon and the counties next door

The nearest Idaho counties to Salmon are Custer County (65 miles), Valley County (87 miles) and Idaho County (89 miles).

  • Custer County: about 65 miles from Salmon, 5 FEMA declarations since records began, 0 hospitals listed by CMS
  • Valley County: about 87 miles from Salmon, 10 FEMA declarations since records began, 2 hospitals listed by CMS
  • Idaho County: about 89 miles from Salmon, 16 FEMA declarations since records began, 2 hospitals listed by CMS

When the project needs more than a kitchen

Plan the kitchen first; everything else is sized around mobile kitchens in Salmon. Crews on a long or remote job can add laundry trailer rentals, such as the 24ft Laundry Trailer, or shower and restroom combination trailer rentals, such as the 22ft Six-Stall Shower and Restroom Trailer. Each model page lists its equipment and power, and we quote them on request.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I get emergency refrigeration in Salmon?

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.

How long can I keep a kitchen trailer in Salmon?

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.

Can I rent a mobile kitchen in Salmon for a renovation?

Yes. Mobile commercial kitchens are rented to facilities in Salmon and Lemhi County for renovations, repairs and emergencies. Rental terms run from one week to monthly, including long-term leasing. Tell us your start date, meals per day and the utilities on site, and we will help match a model.

Does a temporary kitchen in Salmon need a health permit?

The local health authority usually reviews temporary food-service facilities, and requirements differ by jurisdiction. Lemhi County environmental health or the Idaho health department can tell you what applies. We can supply equipment lists to support the review.

Why Organizations Choose Emergency Commercial Mobile Kitchen Service

A temporary kitchen is only useful if it fits the site, the power and the menu. That is why mobile commercial kitchen rentals for Salmon start with questions about your operation, not just a trailer size.

  • 01

    Accelerated Deployment

    Planning the pad, power and water before delivery helps mobile commercial kitchen rentals go into service soon after they reach the site.

  • 02

    24/7 Emergency Service

    A broken walk-in cooler or a kitchen shutdown can happen at any hour, and so can your call.

  • 03

    End-to-End Project Support

    From the first quote to placement, utility hookup guidance and pickup, one team stays on your project.

  • 04

    Flexible Rental Solutions

    Kitchens, dishwashing and refrigeration can be rented together or separately as the project changes.

  • 05

    Heavy-Duty Commercial Equipment

    Trailer kitchens carry the same classes of equipment used in permanent commercial kitchens.

  • 06

    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.

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