City in Washington
Pacific, WA Temporary Commercial Kitchen Rental and Lease Options
Need a temporary commercial kitchen in Pacific? Our trailers cover cooking, dishwashing and emergency refrigeration, for kitchens that cannot wait for a repair. The same team handles emergency feeding after an equipment failure and planned rentals for renovation or construction work. Rent for a week, lease by the month, or plan a long-term rental that matches a renovation schedule. Typical renters here are construction crews, jails and municipal agencies. Placement and setup are arranged with your team, and delivery is scheduled around the site. Request availability and a quote for your project in Pacific, WA, or in Algona.
24/7 emergency line: (877) 416-7535

- Population (2024 est.)
- 7,085
- Counties
- Pierce County, King County
- Land area
- 2.4 sq mi
- FEMA declarations (county)
- 34
Temporary kitchen rental for Pacific facilities
A mobile kitchen trailer rental in Pacific puts a complete commercial cooking line beside the building that needs it, so a closed kitchen does not have to mean closed meal service. Algona is only 1 mile away, with about 3,269 residents, and Sumner about 3 miles, so a project that spans them can share one kitchen plan.
Common choices include the 28ft Mobile Kitchen (220V, single phase, 200A), the 38ft Mobile Kitchen (220V, single phase, 200 to 220A) and the 24ft Mobile Kitchen (220V, single phase, 200A). Each model page lists the equipment and the electrical service.
Customers we support in Pacific, WA
Who rents a mobile kitchen near Pacific? Mostly construction crews, jails, municipal agencies and disaster-response teams, along with contractors and public agencies. The need is usually the same: a working kitchen while the permanent one is unavailable. Care homes in Fife and school kitchens in Federal Way, places of about 11,077 residents and about 100,252 residents, lose their lines for different reasons, but the rental that answers them is the same.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services counts 8 hospitals in Pierce County, among them Madigan Amc (FT Lewis), Mary Bridge Children'S Hospital, Multicare Good Samaritan Hospital and ST Anthony Hospital. The county also has 21 nursing homes certified by Medicare or Medicaid, with about 2,333 beds. The National Center for Education Statistics counts 282 public schools with about 137,519 students, in districts such as Tacoma School District, Puyallup School District and Bethel School District.
- Construction Site Mobile Kitchen Rentals for Crews: a need for dishwashing, cold storage and a kitchen together
- Jail and Detention Center Kitchen Trailer Rentals: aging equipment that fails in a facility with no spare kitchen
- Municipal and Public Institution Kitchen Trailer Rentals: senior-nutrition and community meal programs that cannot pause
- Disaster Response Kitchen Rentals and Emergency Food Service: cold storage for donated or purchased food when power is out
Pacific by the numbers
Census estimates put Pacific at 7,085 people in 2024, 109th of 238 Washington places covered here. The city spans roughly 2.4 square miles, across Pierce County and King County. Across Pierce County's 1,668 square miles, 22 places are covered here, together about 596,937 residents, with Tacoma the largest. That works out to about 2,928 residents per square mile. Olympia, the Washington capital, is about 34 miles away in a straight line, which matters for state-level emergency coordination. Sumner is the closest larger covered place, roughly 3 straight-line miles from Pacific.
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 Pacific
Past emergencies and recovery needs in Pacific
Federal records show Pierce County and King County designated in 34 declarations since 1964, led by flooding (17 declarations) and severe storms (11 declarations). If you plan across towns, check the page for Algona as well; King County has 33 federal declarations on record.
The most recent is Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides (major disaster declaration, DR-4906), declared April 7, 2026, with the incident beginning December 5, 2025. 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 flooding 17, severe storms 11, wildfire 2, earthquake 2 and coastal storm 1. By decade: 1960s 2, 1970s 4, 1980s 3, 1990s 8, 2000s 8, 2010s 3 and 2020s 6. The records also list Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides (EM-3629, December 12, 2025), Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides (DR-4775, April 28, 2024), Bolt Creek Fire (FM-5455, September 10, 2022), Sumner Grade Fire (FM-5360, September 9, 2020) and Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides (DR-4539, April 23, 2020).
Between 2016 and 2025 the Storm Events Database recorded 2 county-based event records in Pierce County, with flood events the most common at 2. After a flood the pad matters as much as the unit: a rental kitchen needs firm, well-drained ground and a clear route in.
NIFC lists no wildfire of 1,000 acres or more starting in Pierce County since 2016. Smoke and power shutoffs travel farther than fires do, though: the nearest large fire on record began in King County, about 34 miles away, where the Bolt Creek fire burned 14,821 acres in 2022.
FEMA declarations apply to designated areas and do not say which individual buildings were affected.
Infrastructure work around Pacific
USASpending.gov lists 100 or more federal construction contracts of $500,000 or more with work in Pierce County since October 2021. In May 2020, the Department of Defense awarded a $92 million contract for “Mcchord Airfield Bridge Repair, Jblm” in Pierce County, with work running to October 2021 (award record). USASpending.gov shows a $79 million Department of Defense contract, “Construct Primary Joint Regional Confinement Facility,” starting November 2019 in Pierce County (award record). The Department of Defense committed $79 million to “Award to Construct Barracks Located at Joint Base Lewis Mcchord (Jblm) Washington” in Pierce County, awarded September 2025 (award record). Another public record is “Military Construction of Consolidated Rigging Facility, Joint Base Lewis-Mcchord, Washington,” a $53 million Department of Defense contract from November 2025 in Pierce 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 project in Sumner, about 10,885 residents, would face the same phasing questions about gates, haul roads and pad space.
Renovation projects that close kitchens in Pacific
No federal contract for repairing or modernizing a building is on record for Pierce County. The nearest is in Thurston County, about 33 miles away. In December 2025, the Department of Transportation awarded a $1.3 million contract for “Replace Olm Atct Roof Envelope and Stop Water Intrusion” in Thurston County, with work running to October 2026 (award record). USASpending.gov shows a $540,000 Department of Agriculture contract, “GAOA Rainforest Toilet Replacement,” starting November 2022 in Thurston County (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. Edgewood is on the same footing: the old kitchen closes on a date, and the temporary one has to be cooking before it.
Getting emergency equipment into Pacific
In Washington, the Washington Emergency Management Division (EMD) 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. For work in Milton, look to the agencies covering that area rather than assuming the same routes.
Multicare Auburn Medical Center is the nearest hospital CMS lists, in Auburn, about 4 miles from Pacific in a straight line.
What a kitchen rental costs in Pacific
A quote for Pacific is built from the trailer you choose, the length of the rental, delivery distance and the setup the site needs. Starting points: the 38ft Mobile Kitchen from $7,995, the 40ft Mobile Kitchen from $9,995 and the 28ft Mobile Kitchen from $6,995. Prices may vary. A kitchen for Auburn, 4 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.
Supporting rentals: warewashing and refrigeration in Pacific
Dishwashing trailers cover the other half of the line for Pacific facilities: low-temperature and high-temperature machines, push-through and conveyor styles, in several lengths. Start with the 38ft Low-Temp Conveyor Dishwashing Trailer. Warewashing needs the same hot water and drain plan in Milton, 3 miles from here, as it does here.
When a compressor quits, product loss follows within hours. Emergency refrigerated trailers, such as the 20ft MT Refrigerated Trailer, are rented to restaurants, hotels, hospitals and institutions around Pacific. A walk-in that fails in Auburn starts the same clock on the stock inside.
A typical January night in Pierce County drops to 31°F, a typical July afternoon reaches 73°F, and the county gets about 65 inches of precipitation in a year (NOAA, 1991 to 2020). January lows run about 3 degrees warmer than the average Washington county. In a wet climate the pad has to drain, so a rental kitchen is placed on firm, graded ground with a dry route for deliveries.
Prepare your Pacific site before delivery
Sites near Puyallup and Bonney Lake start from this same list, then adjust for their own pad, power and permits.
- Access steps: ramp setup takes about 4 to 6 hours and stairs 5 to 15 minutes, so say early if the door needs either.
- Placement: pick a level spot with turning room, and keep fire lanes and entrances clear.
- Food deliveries: plan where suppliers will unload so they do not block the trailer door.
Read the site planning section before you fix a delivery date.
Nearby cities and communities
Crews and facilities working around Pacific also look at the nearby places below. Distances are straight-line estimates between the places, not driving routes.
- Algona, WA: about 1 mile from Pacific, about 3,269 residents
- Sumner, WA: about 3 miles from Pacific, about 10,885 residents
- Edgewood, WA: about 3 miles from Pacific, about 13,496 residents
- Milton, WA: about 3 miles from Pacific, about 8,833 residents
- Auburn, WA: about 4 miles from Pacific, about 85,513 residents
Pacific and the counties next door
The nearest Washington counties to Pacific are Kitsap County (32 miles), Thurston County (35 miles) and Mason County (44 miles).
- Kitsap County: about 32 miles from Pacific, 14 FEMA declarations since records began, 1 hospital listed by CMS
- Thurston County: about 35 miles from Pacific, 28 FEMA declarations since records began, 3 hospitals listed by CMS
- Mason County: about 44 miles from Pacific, 30 FEMA declarations since records began, 1 hospital listed by CMS
Beyond the kitchen: facilities for longer jobs
Plan the kitchen first; everything else is sized around mobile kitchens in Pacific. Crews on a long or remote job can add shower trailer rentals, such as the 20ft Five-Stall Shower Container, or remote workforce housing with multi-use crew support trailers, such as the Office, Sleeper, Shower and Restroom Trailer. Each model page lists its equipment and power, and we quote them on request.
Frequently Asked Questions
What power does a kitchen trailer need in Pacific?
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.
Who rents mobile kitchens near Pacific?
Commercial, institutional and public customers: construction crews, jails, municipal agencies and disaster-response teams. We do not rent to households.
How do I get emergency refrigeration in Pacific?
Call the 24-hour line and describe the failure, your address and the product you need to protect. 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 your location.
How long can I keep a kitchen trailer in Pacific?
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.
Why Organizations Choose Emergency Commercial Mobile Kitchen Service
When a permanent kitchen is unavailable in Pacific, the question is how quickly food service can safely resume. Dependable mobile commercial kitchen rentals and a team that has done site setup before keep that answer practical.
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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 and planned requests can both be started at any time of day or night.
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End-to-End Project Support
From the first quote to placement, utility hookup guidance and pickup, one team stays on your project.
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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
Stainless work surfaces and commercial appliances are chosen for repeated service, not occasional use.
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Experienced Logistics Coordination
Trailer length, turning room and access are checked against your site before anything is scheduled.
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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