Lewis and Clark County, MT Emergency Mobile Kitchen and Dishwashing Rentals

When a permanent kitchen in Lewis and Clark County is closed for renovation, repairs or an equipment failure, a rented mobile commercial kitchen lets meal service continue from a trailer parked on site. A project that crosses into Helena (about 34,729 residents) usually keeps one menu, one crew and one power plan, which is why the kitchen is chosen first.

Match the trailer to the menu: the 40ft Mobile Kitchen for a focused cooking line, the 28ft Mobile Kitchen for more production room, and the 38ft Mobile Kitchen where bulk cooking or a walk-in cooler matters. Power requirements are shown on every page.

A kitchen trailer needs a level area, a path for delivery, the right electrical service and water and wastewater connections. Health and permit steps differ by jurisdiction, so check with Lewis and Clark County before you schedule the opening day. Rental terms run from one week to monthly, so the same trailer can cover a two-week repair or a six-month rebuild. Check the authority that covers the site itself; what cleared in Helena is no guarantee for East Helena.

Lewis and Clark County has 2 places on this site. Each has its own page with local context.

• Helena: about 34,729 residents (2024 estimate)
• East Helena: about 2,239 residents (2024 estimate)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer 2024 and Vintage 2024 population estimates.

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.

Pair the kitchen with dishwashing. The 38ft Low-Temp Conveyor Dishwashing Trailer lists conveyor-type low-temperature dishwasher, a three-compartment sink and a handwashing sink, on 220V, single phase, 220A. Kitchens in East Helena hit the same wall when the dish room closes before the cooking line does.

Refrigeration is an emergency. When a walk-in cooler or freezer breaks down in Lewis and Clark County, stock starts to warm immediately, so an emergency refrigerated trailer such as the 20ft LT Refrigerated Trailer gives product somewhere cold to go. A call about emergency refrigeration from Helena starts with the same three questions: what failed, what is inside and where the trailer can sit.

Climate normals for Lewis and Clark County run from an average January low of 16°F to an average July high of 78°F, with roughly 22 inches of precipitation yearly. January lows run about 4 degrees warmer than the average Montana 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.

FEMA's records list these recent declarations for Lewis and Clark County. They show the type of event that has interrupted normal operations in the county, not damage at a specific business.

• FM-5507, fire management assistance declaration: Horse Gulch Fire, declared July 12, 2024
• FM-5286, fire management assistance declaration: North Hills Fire, declared July 28, 2019
• DR-4405, major disaster declaration: Flooding, declared October 31, 2018
• FM-5208, fire management assistance declaration: Alice Creek Fire, declared September 9, 2017
• FM-2987, fire management assistance declaration: Corral Fire, declared June 26, 2012
• DR-1996, major disaster declaration: Severe Storms and Flooding, declared June 17, 2011
• FM-2730, fire management assistance declaration: Country Club Fire, declared September 16, 2007
• EM-3253, emergency declaration: Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, declared September 13, 2005

Crews and facilities working in Lewis and Clark County often look at the counties around it too. The nearest ones are below, with the state and index pages.

• Powell County: about 32 miles from Lewis and Clark County, 15 FEMA declarations, 1 hospital listed by CMS
• Teton County: about 48 miles from Lewis and Clark County, 10 FEMA declarations, 1 hospital listed by CMS
• Cascade County: about 50 miles from Lewis and Clark County, 5 FEMA declarations, 2 hospitals listed by CMS
• Broadwater County: about 69 miles from Lewis and Clark County, 10 FEMA declarations, 1 hospital listed by CMS
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Expect requests in Lewis and Clark County from hospitals, nursing homes, golf clubs and manufacturers. A hospital kitchen rental is a typical first conversation, followed by questions about power, water and placement. East Helena (about 2,239 residents) and Helena (about 34,729 residents) each have their own mix of hospitals, schools and plants, but the reasons they rent line up.

CMS lists 3 hospitals in Lewis and Clark County: Shodair Children'S Hospital, ST Peters Health and VA Montana Healthcare System. The county also has 2 nursing homes certified by Medicare or Medicaid, with about 198 beds. The National Center for Education Statistics counts 29 public schools with about 9,879 students, in districts such as Helena Elem, Helena H S and East Helena K-12.

• Hospital Kitchen Rental and Temporary Kitchen Trailers: a planned kitchen renovation that removes the main production line for months
• Nursing Home and Assisted Living Kitchen Rentals: kitchen upgrades or code corrections that take the line out of service
• Golf Course and Country Club Kitchen Trailer Rentals: member dining and event service that continue during construction
• Manufacturing Plant Cafeteria Kitchen Rentals: plant shutdowns and turnarounds that bring in extra contractors

For a base camp the kitchen is the center of the day. Beside mobile kitchens in Lewis and Clark County, a job can add shower and restroom combination trailer rentals or remote workforce housing with multi-use crew support trailers; the 22ft Six-Stall Shower and Restroom Trailer and the Office, Sleeper, Shower and Restroom Trailer are two examples. Rent only what the project needs.