When a disaster strikes, it is emergency relief respondents who face strong winds and torrential downpour. They will work among the devastation and help those deeply affected by it. These are brave individuals who are serving on the front lines for non-profit agencies such as the Salvation Army to the American Red Cross, and others. These people will work tirelessly during the relief efforts and must have their basic needs accommodated. Mobile kitchens can provide everything from food to hygiene and more. When the basic needs of relief workers and disaster victims are met, relief efforts will proceed more quickly and effectively.
Mobile Kitchens have become a significant part of providing disaster relief and helping emergency respondents do their essential work. When a disaster occurs, there are usually thousands of relief workers who descend upon the area.
Mobility
A kitchen that is mobile and fully equipped to prepare food, or provide other services, can go to different locations where they are needed the most. These kitchens make it possible for experienced cooks to prepare meals for those involved with the relief efforts as well as the victims of the disaster. This is done while maintaining the highest level of food preparation safety and makes it possible to give critical support for local, state, and federal operations. They can also be used to support contractors and more.
What A Kitchen-On-Wheels Offers
When people think about dealing with recovering from a natural disaster, many things don’t immediately come to mind. One of them is feeding all the aid workers responding to the event. Employees essential to the recovery are going to be hungry and will need to be able to eat at any time of the day or night. In this situation, these kitchens can keep the food sanitary and make certain everyone handling the food will follow proper hygiene practices and more.
Command Centers
Mobile Kitchens can be designed to provide for disaster response:
- Containment facilities for wastewater
- Portable generators
- Portable water storage
- Freezers and refrigerators that are commercial grade
- Sanitary bathrooms
- Complete HVAC systems
- Showers
- Sinks with running water
Rapidly Deployable
Mobile Kitchens are designed for quick setup as well as shutdown. Able to deal with any type of field-feeding requirements and more, they can quickly get boil-in-the-bag meals ready as well as provide meals of the quality people experience in a good restaurant. Many of them can serve over 900 people in less than 90 minutes.
Customized
There are standard units available to those who are interested. It is also possible to have one designed to meet the individual needs for how it will be used. This means a chef can have a kitchen-on-wheels made to meet the specification they require. It is possible to have one that is completely customized and made to be an office, bathroom, shower, or other special units. Some can be customized to include such things as walk-in freezers, tilt skillets, and more. They can be made to meet any type of requirement for a relief project.
