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Thermopolis, WY Mobile Commercial Kitchen Rentals and Emergency Cold Storage

Facilities in Thermopolis, WY can rent a mobile commercial kitchen from us, with dishwashing trailers and emergency refrigeration available alongside it. The same team handles emergency feeding after an equipment failure and planned rentals for renovation or construction work. Rentals start at one week and continue by the month, with long-term leasing for longer rebuilds. Customers include municipal agencies, disaster-response teams and jails. We work out the delivery route, the pad and the connections with your facility contacts. Call or request a quote to check availability for your Thermopolis project, or one in Worland.

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Full interior of a 38ft conveyor dishwashing trailer
Population (2024 est.)
2,748
County
Hot Springs County
Land area
2.4 sq mi
FEMA declarations (county)
2

Temporary kitchen rental for Thermopolis facilities

Temporary commercial kitchen rental in Thermopolis covers a wide range of jobs, from a cafeteria rebuild to a crew that needs hot meals every shift. A project that crosses into Worland (about 4,765 residents) usually keeps one menu, one crew and one power plan, which is why the kitchen is chosen first.

Kitchens in the fleet run from the 24ft Mobile Kitchen up to the 40ft Bulk Combo Kitchen. For a site like this one, the 24ft Mobile Kitchen, 28ft Mobile Kitchen and 38ft Mobile Kitchen are the models to compare first, each with its listed equipment and electrical requirements.

Thermopolis at a glance

With about 2,748 residents (2024 estimate), Thermopolis ranks 24th among 54 covered places in Wyoming. It covers about 2.4 square miles of Hot Springs County. Hot Springs County covers 2,004 square miles, and Thermopolis is the only place in it covered on this site. Population density is roughly 1,151 people per square mile. Cheyenne, the Wyoming capital, is about 247 miles away in a straight line, which matters for state-level emergency coordination. The nearest larger place covered here is Worland, about 29 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.

Thermopolis: emergencies, projects, access and costs

What past disasters mean for kitchens in Thermopolis

Since 1978, Hot Springs County has been named in 2 FEMA declarations; wildfire (1 declaration) and flooding (1 declaration) lead the list. If you plan across towns, check the page for Worland as well; Washakie County has 3 federal declarations on record.

The most recent is Red Canyon Fire (fire management assistance declaration, FM-5608), declared August 15, 2025. Wildfire response brings long shifts for responders and rebuilding crews, and smoke or utility loss can take permanent kitchens out of service. The latest major disaster declaration is Severe Storms, Flooding & Mudslides (DR-557), declared May 29, 1978.

NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 15 county-based severe-weather event records for Hot Springs County between 2016 and 2025, led by high-wind and thunderstorm events (14) and flood events (1). High wind rarely wrecks a kitchen directly. It cuts the power to it, and the walk-in cooler is the first thing to suffer.

The National Interagency Fire Center maps 4 wildfires of 1,000 acres or more that started in Hot Springs County since 2016, together covering about 129,896 acres. The largest was the Red Canyon fire in 2025, at 124,709 acres. After a fire, inspections, smoke cleanup and power restoration decide when a kitchen reopens, and the meals have to come from somewhere in between.

FEMA declarations apply to designated areas and do not say which individual buildings were affected.

Construction projects and crew meals near Thermopolis

No federal construction contract of $500,000 or more lists Hot Springs County as its place of work in USASpending.gov since October 2021. The nearest is in Washakie County, about 40 miles away. Another public record is “Gaoa-Gooseberry Trail Reconstruction,” a $1.1 million Department of the Interior contract from September 2022 in Washakie 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 project in Riverton, about 10,953 residents, would face the same phasing questions about gates, haul roads and pad space.

Major renovation in Thermopolis

Renovating school cafeterias, senior centers and municipal buildings often means closing a kitchen for months. A facility in Thermopolis facing that kind of work could rent a mobile kitchen for the duration, keeping meal service open while the permanent kitchen is rebuilt. A remodel in Basin, in Big Horn County, would start from the same closure date and the same temporary-kitchen question.

Treat this as a planning example, not a record of past work.

Emergency access and staging near Thermopolis

In Wyoming, the Wyoming Office of Homeland Security (WOHS) 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 Greybull, look to the agencies covering Big Horn County rather than assuming the same routes.

The nearest hospital in CMS's list is Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital, a critical access hospital, in Thermopolis itself.

Pricing a mobile kitchen for Thermopolis

A quote for Thermopolis is built from the trailer you choose, the length of the rental, delivery distance and the setup the site needs. Starting points: the 24ft Mobile Kitchen from $4,995, the 28ft Mobile Kitchen from $6,995 and the 40ft Bulk Kitchen from $10,995. Prices may vary. A kitchen for Lander, 62 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 and NCES school data (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 Thermopolis

Dishwashing trailers cover the other half of the line for Thermopolis facilities: low-temperature and high-temperature machines, push-through and conveyor styles, in several lengths. Start with the 38ft High-Temp Conveyor Dishwashing Trailer. Warewashing needs the same hot water and drain plan in Greybull, 58 miles from here, as it does here.

Emergency refrigeration for Thermopolis means cold storage that arrives as a trailer. The 20ft MT Refrigerated Trailer is one of three 20ft temperature configurations, subject to availability for your location. In Lander, where Fremont County has 4 federal declarations on record, the call for emergency refrigeration begins the same way.

A typical January night in Hot Springs County drops to 12°F, a typical July afternoon reaches 84°F, and the county gets about 13 inches of precipitation in a year (NOAA, 1991 to 2020). 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.

Customers we support in Thermopolis, WY

Kitchen requests in Thermopolis tend to fall into a few groups: municipal agencies, disaster-response teams, jails and construction crews. Our industry pages explain what each group usually needs and how a rental is planned around it. Care homes in Cody and school kitchens in Powell, places of about 10,391 residents and about 6,551 residents, lose their lines for different reasons, but the rental that answers them is the same.

CMS lists one hospital in Hot Springs County: Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital, a critical access hospital. Certified nursing care adds 1 home and roughly 60 beds. Public schools here number 4, enrolling about 618 students, with Hot Springs County School District #1 among the larger districts (NCES).

Rentals around Thermopolis

Crews and facilities working around Thermopolis also look at the nearby places below. Distances are straight-line estimates between the places, not driving routes.

  • Worland, WY: about 29 miles from Thermopolis, about 4,765 residents
  • Riverton, WY: about 44 miles from Thermopolis, about 10,953 residents
  • Basin, WY: about 51 miles from Thermopolis, about 1,337 residents
  • Greybull, WY: about 58 miles from Thermopolis, about 1,715 residents
  • Lander, WY: about 62 miles from Thermopolis, about 7,451 residents
  • Cody, WY: about 73 miles from Thermopolis, about 10,391 residents

Site checklist for Thermopolis

Moving the job to Lovell or Buffalo changes the pad and the paperwork; the list below stays the same.

  • 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.
  • Potable water: kitchens and dishwashing trailers need a clean supply close to where they sit.

The site planning guides cover each of these items in more depth.

Thermopolis and the counties next door

The nearest Wyoming counties to Thermopolis are Washakie County (32 miles), Fremont County (45 miles) and Big Horn County (62 miles).

  • Washakie County: about 32 miles from Thermopolis, 3 FEMA declarations since records began, 1 hospital listed by CMS
  • Fremont County: about 45 miles from Thermopolis, 4 FEMA declarations since records began, 1 hospital listed by CMS
  • Big Horn County: about 62 miles from Thermopolis, 2 FEMA declarations since records began, 2 hospitals listed by CMS

Beyond the kitchen: facilities for longer jobs

Mobile kitchens in Thermopolis come first, and the rest follows from the site. Where crews live and work on site, laundry trailer rentals (for example the 24ft Laundry Trailer) and shower trailer rentals (the 20ft Five-Stall Shower Container) can sit beside the kitchen. We confirm the exact unit and price in a written quote.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long can I keep a kitchen trailer in Thermopolis?

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.

What should I prepare before delivery in Thermopolis?

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.

Can you rent dishwashing as well as a kitchen in Thermopolis?

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.

Who rents mobile kitchens near Thermopolis?

Commercial, institutional and public customers: municipal agencies, disaster-response teams, jails and construction crews. We do not rent to households.

Why Organizations Choose Emergency Commercial Mobile Kitchen Service

Facilities around Thermopolis 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.

  • 01

    Accelerated Deployment

    Early conversations about electrical service and placement keep the delivery day short.

  • 02

    24/7 Emergency Service

    Emergency calls are taken around the clock, so a failure at midnight is not left until morning.

  • 03

    End-to-End Project Support

    You get a single point of contact through equipment choice, setup and the rental period.

  • 04

    Flexible Rental Solutions

    Rentals run from one week to monthly terms, with short-term and long-term options for planned and emergency needs.

  • 05

    Heavy-Duty Commercial Equipment

    Trailer kitchens carry the same classes of equipment used in permanent commercial kitchens.

  • 06

    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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