County in Montana
Petroleum County, MT Temporary Kitchen Rental and Lease Options
Emergency Commercial Mobile Kitchen Service rents mobile commercial kitchen trailers across Petroleum County, Montana, with dishwashing trailers and emergency refrigerated trailers as supporting services. Emergency meal service for breakdowns, fires and floods sits alongside planned rentals for renovation and construction. Short-term and long-term terms run from one week to monthly. We rent to commercial and institutional customers such as nursing homes, school districts and municipal agencies. Our team coordinates delivery, placement and setup with your site contacts. Call or request a quote to check availability for your Petroleum County project, or one in Roundup.
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The trailer- State
- Montana
- Land area
- 1,656 sq mi
- Places covered here
- 0
- FEMA declarations
- 10
Temporary kitchen rental for Petroleum County
Operations around Petroleum County that cannot pause food service can lease a mobile commercial kitchen for a week, a month or the length of a long renovation. A project that crosses into Roundup (about 2,017 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 28ft Mobile Kitchen for a focused cooking line, the 24ft 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.
Before delivery, confirm the pad, the electrical service, potable water and a wastewater route. Petroleum County environmental health or the local health authority usually reviews a temporary kitchen, and their requirements vary, so involve them early. 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 Malta (Phillips County) is no guarantee for Harlowton (Wheatland County).
Dishwashing and emergency refrigeration in Petroleum County
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. Warewashing needs the same hot water and drain plan in Harlowton as it does here.
Refrigeration is an emergency. When a walk-in cooler or freezer breaks down in Petroleum County, stock starts to warm immediately, so an emergency refrigerated trailer such as the 20ft MT Refrigerated Trailer gives product somewhere cold to go. In Billings, where Yellowstone County has 12 federal declarations on record, the call for emergency refrigeration begins the same way.
A typical January night in Petroleum County drops to 12°F, a typical July afternoon reaches 87°F, and the county gets about 14 inches of precipitation in a year (NOAA, 1991 to 2020). July highs run about 5 degrees hotter than the average Montana 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.
Closest rental pages to Petroleum County
No incorporated place in Petroleum County reaches the 500-resident threshold used on this site, so the nearest covered places are listed instead, measured between internal points rather than by road.
- Roundup: about 2,017 residents (2024 estimate)
- Lewistown: about 6,204 residents (2024 estimate)
- Malta: about 1,853 residents (2024 estimate)
- Harlowton: about 944 residents (2024 estimate)
- Billings: about 121,483 residents (2024 estimate)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer 2024 and Vintage 2024 population estimates.
Recent federal declarations for Petroleum County
FEMA's records list these recent declarations for Petroleum County. They show the type of event that has interrupted normal operations in the county, not damage at a specific business.
- DR-4801, major disaster declaration: Severe Winter Storm and Flooding, declared July 18, 2024
- DR-4745, major disaster declaration: Flooding, declared October 11, 2023
- DR-4388, major disaster declaration: Flooding, declared August 30, 2018
- FM-5194, fire management assistance declaration: Lodgepole Fire Complex, declared July 27, 2017
- DR-4198, major disaster declaration: Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding, declared October 9, 2014
- DR-4127, major disaster declaration: Flooding, declared July 10, 2013
- DR-1996, major disaster declaration: Severe Storms and Flooding, declared June 17, 2011
- EM-3253, emergency declaration: Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, declared September 13, 2005
Local conditions and rental planning in Petroleum County
What past disasters mean for kitchens in Petroleum County
Since 1986, Petroleum County has been named in 10 FEMA declarations; flooding (4 declarations) and severe storms (3 declarations) lead the list. Roundup has its own page, and its county, Musselshell County, lists 13 federal declarations, which helps when a project spans both.
The most recent is Severe Winter Storm and Flooding (major disaster declaration, DR-4801), declared July 18, 2024, with the incident beginning May 6, 2024. Storm damage and long power outages can shut kitchens and warm the contents of walk-in coolers within hours. By incident type, the count is flooding 4, severe storms 3, wildfire 2 and hurricane 1. By decade: 1980s 1, 2000s 2, 2010s 5 and 2020s 2. Earlier declarations include Flooding (DR-4745, October 11, 2023), Flooding (DR-4388, August 30, 2018), Lodgepole Fire Complex (FM-5194, July 27, 2017), Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding (DR-4198, October 9, 2014) and Flooding (DR-4127, July 10, 2013).
NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 34 county-based severe-weather event records for Petroleum County between 2016 and 2025, led by high-wind and thunderstorm events (27) and flood events (7). Storm winds mean outages measured in days in some places, so the generator question belongs in the plan from the start.
NIFC lists no wildfire of 1,000 acres or more starting in Petroleum County since 2016. Smoke and power shutoffs travel farther than fires do, though: the nearest large fire on record began in Musselshell County, about 45 miles away, where the Bobcat fire burned 30,030 acres in 2020.
Declarations are federal designations for an area, not a record of damage at a particular site.
Infrastructure work around Petroleum County
No federal construction contract of $500,000 or more lists Petroleum County as its place of work in USASpending.gov since October 2021. The nearest is in Musselshell County, about 45 miles away. In April 2026, the Department of the Interior awarded a $2.3 million contract for “GAOA Melstone Dam Reconstruction” in Musselshell County, with work running to December 2027 (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 project in Lewistown, about 6,204 residents, would face the same phasing questions about gates, haul roads and pad space.
Renovation projects that close kitchens in Petroleum County
Renovating school kitchens, community halls and care facilities often means closing a kitchen for months. A facility in Petroleum County facing that kind of work could rent a mobile kitchen for the duration, keeping meal service open while the permanent kitchen is rebuilt. Whoever remodels in Malta starts from the same two questions: when does the kitchen close, and what feeds people until it reopens?
This is a planning example, not a past customer.
Emergency access and staging near Petroleum County
In Montana, the Montana Disaster and Emergency Services (DES) works with counties on emergency operations. Official staging areas and the roads that connect them to local emergency-management hubs are published by those agencies and should be checked there. Staging and access details differ again in Harlowton, in Wheatland County, so check the published sources for that area before planning a route.
What a kitchen rental costs in Petroleum County
There is no single price for every job in Petroleum County. Equipment, rental term, delivery and site conditions all change it. As a guide, prices start at the 40ft Mobile Kitchen from $9,995, the 40ft Mobile Combo Kitchen from $9,995 and the 24ft Mobile Kitchen from $4,995, and they may vary. A kitchen for Billings is built from the same quote, with delivery adjusted for the address.
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.
Who rents kitchen trailers in Petroleum County
Rental customers in Petroleum County are commercial, institutional and public: nursing homes, school districts, municipal agencies and disaster-response teams. Each has its own pressure points, from a nursing home kitchen rental during a remodel to keeping staff fed through a long project. Care homes in Roundup and school kitchens in Lewistown, places of about 2,017 residents and about 6,204 residents, lose their lines for different reasons, but the rental that answers them is the same.
CMS lists no hospital in Petroleum County; the nearest county with one is Musselshell County, about 45 miles away. The National Center for Education Statistics counts 3 public schools with about 61 students, in districts such as Winnett K-12 Schools.
- Nursing Home and Assisted Living Kitchen Rentals: a need for emergency cold storage when a walk-in cooler fails
- School Cafeteria Kitchen Rentals During Renovation: central kitchens that need a temporary production line during modernization
- Municipal and Public Institution Kitchen Trailer Rentals: emergency operations centers that need to feed responders
- Disaster Response Kitchen Rentals and Emergency Food Service: dishwashing capacity where utilities are limited
Counties and pages near Petroleum County
Projects rarely stop at a county line. These neighboring Montana counties are the closest to Petroleum County, measured between internal points rather than by road.
- Musselshell County: about 45 miles from Petroleum County, 13 FEMA declarations, 1 hospital listed by CMS
- Fergus County: about 48 miles from Petroleum County, 8 FEMA declarations, 1 hospital listed by CMS
- Garfield County: about 58 miles from Petroleum County, 11 FEMA declarations, 1 hospital listed by CMS
- Golden Valley County: about 69 miles from Petroleum County, 8 FEMA declarations, 0 hospitals listed by CMS
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When the project needs more than a kitchen
Mobile kitchens in Petroleum County come first, and the rest follows from the site. Where crews live and work on site, shower and restroom combination trailer rentals (for example the 22ft Six-Stall Shower and Restroom Trailer) and restroom trailer rentals (the Standalone Restroom Trailer) can sit beside the kitchen. We confirm the exact unit and price in a written quote.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I rent a mobile kitchen in Petroleum County?
Yes. Mobile commercial kitchens are rented to facilities in Petroleum County for renovations, repairs and emergencies, from one week to monthly terms. Share your start date, meals per day and utilities and we will help match a model.
Does a temporary kitchen in Petroleum County need approval?
The local health authority usually reviews temporary food-service facilities, and the rules differ by jurisdiction. Ask Petroleum County environmental health or the Montana health department what applies; we can supply equipment lists for the review.
How do I get emergency refrigeration in Petroleum County?
Call the 24-hour line, give your address and describe the failure. 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 location.
Can dishwashing be rented with a kitchen in Petroleum County?
Yes. Dishwashing trailers pair with the kitchens and can also be rented alone. Low-temperature and high-temperature versions are available in several lengths.
Why Organizations Choose Emergency Commercial Mobile Kitchen Service
Kitchen outages in Petroleum County 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
Planning the pad, power and water before delivery helps mobile commercial kitchen rentals go into service soon after they reach the site.
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24/7 Emergency Service
Emergency calls are taken around the clock, so a failure at midnight is not left until morning.
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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
Weekly and monthly terms let you match the rental period to the repair, project or season.
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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.
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