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Washington County, OR Emergency Mobile Kitchen and Dishwashing Rentals
Emergency Commercial Mobile Kitchen Service rents mobile commercial kitchen trailers across Washington County, Oregon, with dishwashing trailers and emergency refrigerated trailers as supporting services. Emergency feeding for breakdowns, fires and floods sits alongside planned rentals for renovation and construction. Rent for a week, lease by the month, or plan a long-term rental around your schedule. Customers include caterers, banquet venues and prisons. Delivery, placement and utility connections are planned with your facility team. Contact us for availability and a quote in Washington County or Portland.
24/7 emergency line: (877) 416-7535

The trailer- State
- Oregon
- Land area
- 724 sq mi
- Places covered here
- 16
- FEMA declarations
- 15
Temporary kitchen rental for Washington County
A mobile kitchen trailer rental in Washington County puts a complete commercial cooking line beside the building that needs it, so a closed kitchen does not have to mean closed meal service. A project that crosses into Portland (about 635,749 residents) usually keeps one menu, one crew and one power plan, which is why the kitchen is chosen first.
Sizing starts with how many meals you serve. The 40ft Bulk Kitchen and 40ft Mobile Kitchen suit different kitchen volumes, and the 40ft Bulk Combo Kitchen adds capacity for larger operations; compare their equipment lists and power needs before you choose.
Site preparation is where most delays start. Check power against the model, plan water and drainage, and ask the local health authority in Washington County what it needs to see before cooking begins. Mobile kitchens can be rented for one week or on monthly terms, including long-term leases for work that runs through a full construction season. Check the authority that covers the site itself; what cleared in Beaverton is no guarantee for Tigard.
Cities and towns we cover in Washington County
Pages exist for places in Washington County, led by the 10 most populous below; see the full Oregon list for the rest.
- Portland: about 635,749 residents (2024 estimate)
- Hillsboro: about 110,337 residents (2024 estimate)
- Beaverton: about 98,302 residents (2024 estimate)
- Tigard: about 57,301 residents (2024 estimate)
- Lake Oswego: about 40,029 residents (2024 estimate)
- Tualatin: about 28,036 residents (2024 estimate)
- Wilsonville: about 27,895 residents (2024 estimate)
- Forest Grove: about 27,076 residents (2024 estimate)
- Sherwood: about 20,441 residents (2024 estimate)
- Cornelius: about 15,369 residents (2024 estimate)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer 2024 and Vintage 2024 population estimates.
Local conditions and rental planning in Washington County
What past disasters mean for kitchens in Washington County
OpenFEMA lists 15 disaster declarations that include Washington County, going back to 1964. The most frequent incident types were wildfire (5 declarations) and severe storms (4 declarations). Portland has its own page, and its county, Multnomah County, lists 10 federal declarations, which helps when a project spans both.
The most recent is Lee Falls Fire (fire management assistance declaration, FM-5529), declared August 9, 2024, with the incident beginning August 8, 2024. Evacuations, smoke damage and power shutoffs can close commercial kitchens and spoil refrigerated stock, while crews and displaced staff still need hot meals. The latest major disaster declaration is Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds (DR-4562), declared September 15, 2020. By incident type, the count is wildfire 5, severe storms 4, flooding 4, coastal storm 1 and earthquake 1. By decade: 1960s 1, 1970s 2, 1990s 3, 2000s 3, 2010s 1 and 2020s 5. The records also list Chehalem Mountain Bald Peak Fire (FM-5371, September 10, 2020), Wildfires (EM-3542, September 10, 2020), Powerline Fire (FM-5358, September 8, 2020), Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides (DR-4258, February 17, 2016) and Severe Winter Storm, Record and Near Record Snow (DR-1824, March 2, 2009).
Ten years of NOAA storm records, 2016 through 2025, show 17 county-based event records for Washington County; flood events account for 11 of them, high-wind and thunderstorm events for 6. NOAA's largest reported property loss there is $100,000, from a tornado in October 2018. Floodwater leaves a building standing but unusable, so cooking, dishwashing and cold storage have to run from a trailer on higher, firm ground.
No wildfire of 1,000 acres or more has a mapped origin in Washington 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 Clark County, about 33 miles away, where the Nakia Creek fire burned 1,930 acres in 2022.
A declaration designates an area for federal assistance; it does not describe damage at any one address.
Major construction near Washington County
USASpending.gov lists 2 federal construction contracts of $500,000 or more with work in Washington County since October 2021, worth about $3.1 million together. Another public record is “Or-Wapato Lake Pump Station Rehab,” a $1.3 million Department of the Interior contract from July 2019 in Washington 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 Hillsboro (about 110,337 residents) raises the same crew-meal questions.
Renovation projects that close kitchens in Washington County
No federal contract for repairing or modernizing a building is on record for Washington County. The nearest is in Multnomah County, about 33 miles away. In May 2021, the General Services Administration awarded a $32 million contract for “911 Seismic - Abaas Upgrades & Noaa Ti” in Multnomah County, with work running to January 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. A remodel in Beaverton would start from the same closure date and the same temporary-kitchen question.
Getting emergency equipment into Washington County
In Oregon, the Oregon Department of Emergency Management (OEM) 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 Tigard, so check the published sources for that area before planning a route.
Local rental costs in Washington County
A quote for Washington County is built from the trailer you choose, the length of the rental, delivery distance and the setup the site needs. Starting points: the 40ft Bulk Kitchen from $10,995, the 40ft Mobile Combo Kitchen from $9,995 and the 40ft Mobile Kitchen from $9,995. Prices may vary. A kitchen for Lake Oswego 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.
Warewashing and cold storage for Washington County
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. Kitchens in Tigard hit the same wall when the dish room closes before the cooking line does.
Emergency refrigeration for Washington County means cold storage that arrives as a trailer. The 20ft Cooler Trailer, 32°F is one of three 20ft temperature configurations, subject to availability for your location. Lake Oswego sits in Multnomah County, which has 10 federal declarations on record; a walk-in that fails there starts the same clock on the stock inside.
A typical January night in Washington County drops to 35°F, a typical July afternoon reaches 78°F, and the county gets about 56 inches of precipitation in a year (NOAA, 1991 to 2020). January lows run about 6 degrees warmer than the average Oregon county. Frequent rain makes ground conditions the main delivery question, more than distance or trailer length.
Washington County disaster declaration history
The most recent declarations that include Washington County, newest first. Each is a federal designation for the county, listed with its FEMA number and declaration date.
- FM-5529, fire management assistance declaration: Lee Falls Fire, declared August 9, 2024
- DR-4562, major disaster declaration: Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds, declared September 15, 2020
- FM-5371, fire management assistance declaration: Chehalem Mountain Bald Peak Fire, declared September 10, 2020
- EM-3542, emergency declaration: Wildfires, declared September 10, 2020
- FM-5358, fire management assistance declaration: Powerline Fire, declared September 8, 2020
- DR-4258, major disaster declaration: Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, declared February 17, 2016
- DR-1824, major disaster declaration: Severe Winter Storm, Record and Near Record Snow, declared March 2, 2009
- DR-1733, major disaster declaration: Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, declared December 8, 2007
Browse connected geography
Crews and facilities working in Washington County often look at the counties around it too. The nearest ones are below, with the state and index pages.
- Yamhill County: about 24 miles from Washington County, 17 FEMA declarations, 2 hospitals listed by CMS
- Columbia County: about 27 miles from Washington County, 15 FEMA declarations, 0 hospitals listed by CMS
- Tillamook County: about 33 miles from Washington County, 23 FEMA declarations, 1 hospital listed by CMS
- Multnomah County: about 33 miles from Washington County, 10 FEMA declarations, 8 hospitals listed by CMS
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Who rents kitchen trailers in Washington County
Who rents a mobile kitchen near Washington County? Mostly caterers, banquet venues, prisons and hotels, along with contractors and public agencies. The need is usually the same: a working kitchen while the permanent one is unavailable. Tualatin (about 28,036 residents) and Wilsonville (about 27,895 residents) each have their own mix of hospitals, schools and plants, but the reasons they rent line up.
CMS lists 5 hospitals in Washington County, including Cedar Hills Hospital, Hillsboro Medical Center, Kaiser Foundation Hospital Westside and Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center. Certified nursing care adds 9 homes and roughly 910 beds. Public schools here number 136, enrolling about 80,000 students, with Beaverton Sd 48J, Hillsboro Sd 1J and Tigard-Tualatin Sd 23J among the larger districts (NCES).
- Catering and Event Mobile Kitchen Rentals: backup production if a commissary kitchen has an equipment failure
- Banquet Hall and Conference Center Kitchen Rentals: a renovation scheduled between event seasons that overruns
- Prison and Correctional Facility Kitchen Rentals: renovation or replacement of a central production kitchen
- Hotel and Resort Kitchen Rentals During Renovation: equipment failure before a large banquet or event
Beyond the kitchen: facilities for longer jobs
Mobile kitchens in Washington County come first, and the rest follows from the site. Where crews live and work on site, bunk bed sleeper trailer rentals (for example the 20ft Contractor Accommodation Unit) and laundry trailer rentals (the 24ft Laundry Trailer) can sit beside the kitchen. We confirm the exact unit and price in a written quote.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can dishwashing be rented with a kitchen in Washington 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.
What do you need to quote a rental in Washington County?
The site address, start date, rental length, the kind of kitchen or storage needed, the number of people served, and the power, water and wastewater available on site. The rental planning form collects each of these.
Can I rent a mobile kitchen in Washington County?
Yes. Mobile commercial kitchens are rented to facilities in Washington 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.
How do I get emergency refrigeration in Washington 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.
Why Organizations Choose Emergency Commercial Mobile Kitchen Service
Remote sites, renovations and emergencies all put pressure on food service in Washington County. The right mobile commercial kitchen rentals arrive with support behind them, so your team can focus on serving people.
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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
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
You get a single point of contact through equipment choice, setup and the rental period.
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Flexible Rental Solutions
Choose a short rental for an outage or a long lease for a renovation that runs for months.
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Heavy-Duty Commercial Equipment
Commercial ranges, ovens, sinks and dishwashers are built for daily institutional cooking and washing.
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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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