Town in Montana
Terry, MT Temporary Commercial Kitchen Rental and Lease Options
Facilities in Terry, MT can rent a mobile commercial kitchen from us, with dishwashing trailers and emergency refrigeration available alongside it. The same team handles temporary food service after an equipment failure and planned rentals for renovation or construction work. Terms run from a week to a season: short-term for outages, long-term leases for renovations. Customers include nursing homes, disaster-response teams and school districts. Placement and setup are arranged with your team, and delivery is scheduled around the site. Call or send a request to check availability in Terry or Glendive.
24/7 emergency line: (877) 416-7535

- Population (2024 est.)
- 574
- County
- Prairie County
- Land area
- 0.8 sq mi
- FEMA declarations (county)
- 5
Mobile commercial kitchen rental in Terry
For Terry, a modular kitchen trailer brings griddles, ranges, ovens, sinks and refrigeration in one unit instead of rebuilding them piece by piece. A project that crosses into Glendive (about 4,760 residents) usually keeps one menu, one crew and one power plan, which is why the kitchen is chosen first.
Common choices include the 38ft Mobile Kitchen (220V, single phase, 200 to 220A), the 24ft Mobile Kitchen (220V, single phase, 200A) and the 28ft Mobile Kitchen (220V, single phase, 200A). Each model page lists the equipment and the electrical service.
Supporting rentals: warewashing and refrigeration in Terry
Warewashing is easy to overlook until the dish room is the thing that is down. Dishwashing trailers like the 38ft Low-Temp Conveyor Dishwashing Trailer and the 22 to 26ft Low-Temp Dishwashing Trailer can be rented with a kitchen or on their own for Terry sites. Forsyth, 74 miles away, has the same problem when the dish room closes before the cooking line does.
Cooler or freezer down? Emergency refrigeration rental for Terry is available on a short-term basis: ask for the 20ft Cooler Trailer, 32°F or a different temperature setting when you call. Sidney sits in Richland County, which has 6 federal declarations on record; a walk-in that fails there starts the same clock on the stock inside.
A typical January night in Prairie County drops to 7°F, a typical July afternoon reaches 86°F, and the county gets about 14 inches of precipitation in a year (NOAA, 1991 to 2020). January lows run about 5 degrees colder 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.
Industries we serve around Terry
Expect requests in Terry from nursing homes, disaster-response teams, school districts and manufacturers. A nursing home kitchen rental is a typical first conversation, followed by questions about power, water and placement. Colstrip (about 2,063 residents) and Wolf Point (about 2,522 residents) each have their own mix of hospitals, schools and plants, but the reasons they rent line up.
CMS lists one hospital in Prairie County: Prairie Community Cah, a critical access hospital. Public schools here number 3, enrolling about 153 students, with Terry K-12 Schools among the larger districts (NCES).
- Nursing Home and Assisted Living Kitchen Rentals: kitchen upgrades or code corrections that take the line out of service
- Disaster Response Kitchen Rentals and Emergency Food Service: cold storage for donated or purchased food when power is out
- School Cafeteria Kitchen Rentals During Renovation: summer cafeteria renovations that run late
- Manufacturing Plant Cafeteria Kitchen Rentals: cafeteria renovation across multiple shifts
Local conditions and rental planning in Terry
What past disasters mean for kitchens in Terry
Federal records show Prairie County designated in 5 declarations since 1997, led by severe storms (2 declarations) and flooding (1 declaration). If you plan across towns, check the page for Glendive as well; Dawson County has 8 federal declarations on record.
The most recent is Ice Jams and Flooding (major disaster declaration, DR-4172), declared April 17, 2014, with the incident beginning March 1, 2014. Flooding tends to knock out power and drainage first, leaving kitchens unable to cook or keep food cold even when the building is standing. By incident type, the count is severe storms 2, flooding 1, hurricane 1 and wildfire 1. By decade: 1990s 1, 2000s 2 and 2010s 2. Earlier declarations include Severe Storms and Flooding (DR-1996, June 17, 2011), Hurricane Katrina Evacuation (EM-3253, September 13, 2005), Wildfires (DR-1340, August 30, 2000) and Severe Storms,Ice Jams, Snow Melt, Flooding (DR-1183, July 25, 1997).
Between 2016 and 2025 the Storm Events Database recorded 46 county-based event records in Prairie County, with high-wind and thunderstorm events the most common at 39. Storm winds mean outages measured in days in some places, so the generator question belongs in the plan from the start.
No wildfire of 1,000 acres or more has a mapped origin in Prairie County in NIFC's records since 2016. Smoke and power shutoffs travel farther than fires do, though: the nearest large fire on record began in Custer County, about 38 miles away, where the Snow fire burned 14,056 acres in 2026.
FEMA declarations apply to designated areas and do not say which individual buildings were affected.
Infrastructure work around Terry
USASpending.gov shows no federal construction contract of $500,000 or more with Prairie County as the place of work since October 2021. The nearest is in Custer County, about 38 miles away. USASpending.gov shows a $2.6 million Department of Agriculture contract, “Center Pivot Irrigation System Installation,” starting April 2024 in Custer County (award record). Work like this puts crews on a site for months, often far from a restaurant, and the meals become a logistics question before the first shift starts. A job in Miles City (about 8,407 residents) raises the same crew-meal questions.
Major renovation in Terry
Building work on record nearby: In June 2026, the Department of Veterans Affairs awarded a $6 million contract for “Miles City VA Campus Demolition, Miles City, MT” in Custer County, with work running to June 2027 (award record). Work inside an occupied facility tends to take its kitchen offline for weeks, so the plan for meals has to exist before the work starts. A remodel in Baker, in Fallon County, would start from the same closure date and the same temporary-kitchen question.
Emergency access and staging near Terry
Public emergency operations in Montana are coordinated by the Montana Disaster and Emergency Services (DES), 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. For work in Forsyth, look to the agencies covering Rosebud County rather than assuming the same routes.
Prairie Community Cah, a critical access hospital is the nearest hospital CMS lists, in Terry itself.
Pricing a mobile kitchen for Terry
Price depends on the model, the rental period, delivery and setup requirements and the utilities on site. Starting prices for kitchens near Terry include the 40ft Mobile Combo Kitchen from $9,995, the 40ft Mobile Kitchen from $9,995 and the 28ft Mobile Kitchen from $6,995, and prices may vary. See the equipment pages for dishwashing and refrigeration. A kitchen for Sidney, 83 miles from here, 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.
Terry by the numbers
With about 574 residents (2024 estimate), Terry ranks 78th among 81 covered places in Montana. It covers about 0.8 square miles of Prairie County. Prairie County covers 1,737 square miles, and Terry is the only place in it covered on this site. That works out to about 735 residents per square mile. In a straight line, Terry sits about 318 miles from Helena, the capital of Montana. The nearest larger place covered here is Glendive, about 36 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.
Other places near Terry we rent to
Crews and facilities working around Terry also look at the nearby places below. Distances are straight-line estimates between the places, not driving routes.
- Glendive, MT: about 36 miles from Terry, about 4,760 residents
- Miles City, MT: about 37 miles from Terry, about 8,407 residents
- Baker, MT: about 58 miles from Terry, about 1,767 residents
- Forsyth, MT: about 74 miles from Terry, about 1,643 residents
- Sidney, MT: about 83 miles from Terry, about 6,031 residents
- Colstrip, MT: about 88 miles from Terry, about 2,063 residents
Site checklist for Terry
Sites near Glasgow and Hardin start from this same list, then adjust for their own pad, power and permits.
- Timing: share your start date and rental period so the quote reflects the real schedule.
- Power: check the panel and service against the trailer's listed requirement before anything is scheduled.
- Pad and access: a level area, a clear approach for the trailer length and room for food deliveries.
The site planning guides cover each of these items in more depth.
Neighboring counties near Terry
The nearest Montana counties to Terry are Dawson County (38 miles), Custer County (38 miles) and Wibaux County (50 miles).
- Dawson County: about 38 miles from Terry, 8 FEMA declarations since records began, 1 hospital listed by CMS
- Custer County: about 38 miles from Terry, 7 FEMA declarations since records began, 1 hospital listed by CMS
- Wibaux County: about 50 miles from Terry, 3 FEMA declarations since records began, 0 hospitals listed by CMS
Beyond the kitchen: facilities for longer jobs
For a base camp the kitchen is the center of the day. Beside mobile kitchens in Terry, a job can add restroom trailer rentals or shower and restroom combination trailer rentals; the Standalone Restroom Trailer and the 22ft Six-Stall Shower and Restroom Trailer are two examples. Rent only what the project needs.
Frequently Asked Questions
What power does a kitchen trailer need in Terry?
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.
How long can I keep a kitchen trailer in Terry?
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 you rent dishwashing as well as a kitchen in Terry?
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.
What should I prepare before delivery in Terry?
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.
Why Organizations Choose Emergency Commercial Mobile Kitchen Service
Facilities around Terry rely on mobile commercial kitchen rentals when renovation, construction or equipment failure interrupts normal operations. Reliable equipment and clear coordination are what make that stop-gap work.
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Accelerated Deployment
A clear site checklist means mobile commercial kitchen rentals are ready to cook, wash or chill sooner once they are placed.
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24/7 Emergency Service
Emergency and planned requests can both be started at any time of day or night.
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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
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
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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