City in Montana
Conrad, MT Emergency Mobile Kitchen Rentals and Dishwashing Trailers
A closed kitchen in Conrad does not have to close meal service: we rent mobile commercial kitchens, with commercial dishwashing and emergency refrigerated trailers to back them up. Emergency feeding for breakdowns, fires and floods is available alongside planned renovation and construction rentals. Terms run from a week to a season: short-term for outages, long-term leases for renovations. Typical renters here are manufacturers, construction crews and municipal agencies. We plan delivery and setup with your facility team, including power, water and access. Ask for availability and a quote for Conrad, or for a project in Shelby.
24/7 emergency line: (877) 416-7535

- Population (2024 est.)
- 2,395
- County
- Pondera County
- Land area
- 1.3 sq mi
- FEMA declarations (county)
- 12
Kitchen trailers for rent in Conrad, MT
A mobile kitchen trailer rental in Conrad is one of the quickest temporary commercial kitchen solutions: a fully equipped mobile kitchen on a pad, ready to connect to power and water. Shelby is only 23 miles away, with about 3,273 residents, and Choteau about 27 miles, so a project that spans them can share one kitchen plan.
Match the trailer to the menu: the 28ft Mobile Kitchen for a focused cooking line, the 38ft 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.
About Conrad, MT
Census estimates put Conrad at 2,395 people in 2024, 30th of 81 Montana places covered here. It covers about 1.3 square miles of Pondera County. Across Pondera County's 1,625 square miles, 2 places are covered here, together about 2,933 residents, with Conrad the largest. Spread over that area, the estimate gives about 1,883 residents per square mile. Helena, the Montana capital, is about 109 miles away in a straight line, which matters for state-level emergency coordination. The nearest larger place covered here is Shelby, about 23 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.
Local conditions and rental planning in Conrad
Emergencies that shaped recovery needs near Conrad
Since 1975, Pondera County has been named in 12 FEMA declarations; severe storms (4 declarations) and flooding (4 declarations) lead the list. Shelby has its own page, and its county, Toole County, lists 10 federal declarations, which helps when a project spans both.
The most recent is Severe Winter Storm and Straight-Line Winds (major disaster declaration, DR-4902), declared April 7, 2026, with the incident beginning December 17, 2025. Interruptions to power, water and access can take permanent kitchens out of service when food service is needed most. By incident type, the count is severe storms 4, flooding 4, wildfire 2, straight-line winds 1 and hurricane 1. By decade: 1970s 1, 1980s 1, 2000s 3, 2010s 5 and 2020s 2. Before that came Severe Winter Storm and Flooding (DR-4801, July 18, 2024), Flooding (DR-4388, August 30, 2018), Strawberry Fire (FM-5212, September 12, 2017), Severe Winter Storm and Straight-Line Winds (DR-4271, May 24, 2016) and Ice Jams and Flooding (DR-4172, April 17, 2014).
NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 19 county-based severe-weather event records for Pondera County between 2016 and 2025, led by high-wind and thunderstorm events (17) and flood events (2). High wind rarely wrecks a kitchen directly. It cuts the power to it, and the walk-in cooler is the first thing to suffer.
The National Interagency Fire Center maps 1 wildfire of 1,000 acres or more that started in Pondera County since 2016, together covering about 2,020 acres. The largest was the Conrad fire in 2022, at 2,020 acres. After a fire, inspections, smoke cleanup and power restoration decide when a kitchen reopens, and the meals have to come from somewhere in between.
FEMA declarations apply to designated areas and do not say which individual buildings were affected.
Major construction near Conrad
No federal construction contract of $500,000 or more lists Pondera County as its place of work in USASpending.gov since October 2021. The nearest is in Glacier County, about 48 miles away. USASpending.gov shows a $19 million Department of the Interior contract, “Glac 318705 - Package #1 Construction So,” starting April 2026 in Glacier County (award record). Crews on projects like this rarely have a restaurant nearby, which is the case for cooking on site with a rented kitchen and a dishwashing trailer. A job in Choteau (about 1,804 residents) raises the same crew-meal questions.
Major renovation in Conrad
Building work on record nearby: The Department of Health and Human Services committed $4.5 million to “Blackfeet Hospital Mechanical System Repair and Refurbishment” in Glacier County, awarded September 2024 (award record). Building repair and modernization work often closes a kitchen for part of the project, which is when a temporary kitchen on a lease keeps meals going. Cut Bank is on the same footing: the old kitchen closes on a date, and the temporary one has to be cooking before it.
Emergency equipment access around Conrad
The Montana Disaster and Emergency Services (DES) and local emergency managers decide where public disaster staging happens in Montana. 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 Great Falls, in Cascade County, so check the published sources for that area before planning a route.
By CMS's hospital list, the closest to Conrad is Pondera Medical Center, a critical access hospital, in Conrad itself.
Local rental costs in Conrad
A quote for Conrad is built from the trailer you choose, the length of the rental, delivery distance and the setup the site needs. Starting points: the 24ft Mobile Kitchen from $4,995, the 40ft Bulk Kitchen from $10,995 and the 38ft Mobile Kitchen from $7,995. Prices may vary. Fort Benton is quoted on the same factors, but at 64 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 and NCES school data (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 Conrad
Pair the kitchen with dishwashing. The 30ft High-Temp Conveyor Dishwashing Trailer lists conveyor-type high-temperature dishwasher, a three-compartment sink and a handwashing sink, on 220V, 3 phase, 200A. Great Falls, 55 miles away, has the same problem when the dish room closes before the cooking line does.
Cooler or freezer down? Emergency refrigeration rental for Conrad is available on a short-term basis: ask for the 20ft LT Refrigerated Trailer or a different temperature setting when you call. Fort Benton sits in Chouteau County, which has 8 federal declarations on record; a walk-in that fails there starts the same clock on the stock inside.
Climate normals for Pondera County run from an average January low of 11°F to an average July high of 80°F, with roughly 16 inches of precipitation yearly. 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.
Who rents kitchen trailers in Conrad
Expect requests in Conrad from manufacturers, construction crews, municipal agencies and school districts. A industrial facility temporary kitchen is a typical first conversation, followed by questions about power, water and placement. Columbia Falls (about 5,713 residents) and Polson (about 5,631 residents) each have their own mix of hospitals, schools and plants, but the reasons they rent line up.
CMS lists one hospital in Pondera County: Pondera Medical Center, a critical access hospital. The county also has 1 nursing home certified by Medicare or Medicaid, with about 59 beds. Public schools here number 15, enrolling about 941 students, with Conrad Elem, Heart Butte K-12 Schools and Conrad H S among the larger districts (NCES).
- Manufacturing Plant Cafeteria Kitchen Rentals: three-phase power at the plant matched to the equipment
- Construction Site Mobile Kitchen Rentals for Crews: a need for dishwashing, cold storage and a kitchen together
- Municipal and Public Institution Kitchen Trailer Rentals: senior-nutrition and community meal programs that cannot pause
- School Cafeteria Kitchen Rentals During Renovation: summer cafeteria renovations that run late
Nearby cities and communities
A shared kitchen need can span several communities. The nearest places to Conrad are listed with their straight-line distance; road distance and delivery time will differ.
- Valier, MT: about 17 miles from Conrad, about 538 residents
- Shelby, MT: about 23 miles from Conrad, about 3,273 residents
- Choteau, MT: about 27 miles from Conrad, about 1,804 residents
- Cut Bank, MT: about 36 miles from Conrad, about 2,988 residents
- Great Falls, MT: about 55 miles from Conrad, about 60,013 residents
- Fort Benton, MT: about 64 miles from Conrad, about 1,422 residents
Site checklist for Conrad
Sites in Havre, 107 miles away, and Helena use the same checklist; only the pad and the paperwork change.
- Contacts: name the person who will meet the delivery and the person who will approve the setup.
- Wastewater: plan sewer access, a holding tank or pump-out service, depending on the site in Conrad.
- Power: check the panel and service against the trailer's listed requirement before anything is scheduled.
The site planning guides cover each of these items in more depth.
Conrad and the counties next door
The nearest Montana counties to Conrad are Teton County (29 miles), Toole County (34 miles) and Liberty County (50 miles).
- Teton County: about 29 miles from Conrad, 10 FEMA declarations since records began, 1 hospital listed by CMS
- Toole County: about 34 miles from Conrad, 10 FEMA declarations since records began, 1 hospital listed by CMS
- Liberty County: about 50 miles from Conrad, 8 FEMA declarations since records began, 1 hospital listed by CMS
When the project needs more than a kitchen
For a base camp the kitchen is the center of the day. Beside mobile kitchens in Conrad, a job can add bunk bed sleeper trailer rentals or shower trailer rentals; the 20ft Contractor Accommodation Unit and the 20ft Five-Stall Shower Container are two examples. Rent only what the project needs.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you rent dishwashing as well as a kitchen in Conrad?
Yes. Dishwashing trailers range from a compact push-through low-temperature unit to 38ft conveyor trailers in low-temperature and high-temperature versions. They can be rented with a kitchen or on their own.
Who rents mobile kitchens near Conrad?
Commercial, institutional and public customers: manufacturers, construction crews, municipal agencies and school districts. We do not rent to households.
What should I prepare before delivery in Conrad?
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 Conrad?
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.
Why Organizations Choose Emergency Commercial Mobile Kitchen Service
Kitchen outages in Conrad 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
A broken walk-in cooler or a kitchen shutdown can happen at any hour, and so can your call.
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End-to-End Project Support
Help with site planning, equipment selection and delivery coordination keeps the details from falling to you.
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Flexible Rental Solutions
Rentals run from one week to monthly terms, with short-term and long-term options for planned and emergency needs.
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Heavy-Duty Commercial Equipment
Trailer kitchens carry the same classes of equipment used in permanent commercial kitchens.
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Experienced Logistics Coordination
Delivery routing, placement and pickup are coordinated with your facility contacts.
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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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.
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