The Lavatory NorCal sends clean, private bathroom trailers and hot-water shower trailers the moment toilets, water or power fail anywhere in Northern California. Wildfire camps, flooded towns, power shutoffs, broken water mains, earthquakes and more all start with one call to (209) 202-3741, and a real dispatcher picks up 24/7. We can often be there within 1 to 2 hours. We are the #1 luxury bathroom trailer company in the region and part of the largest fleet in the West, with over 250 units ready to roll.
- A+ BBB rated company
- 5-star Google reviews from real customers
- Licensed and insured
- Over 250 units, the largest fleet in the West
- 24/7 immediate dispatch, rapid same-day deployment
Why The Lavatory NorCal Is the #1 Call for Rapid Response Bathroom Trailers
Emergencies never wait for business hours. Neither do we. When a water main breaks under a school at 2 a.m., or a county opens an evacuation center as a fire jumps a ridge, the people on the other end of our phone line are the same people who own and haul the trailers, so nothing gets passed to a broker or lost in a call center. We run a direct fleet. Every unit in our fleet is a real, commercial-grade bathroom on wheels with flushing china toilets, running water, bright lights, air conditioning and heat, which is a long way from a plastic box on a dirt lot. Strictly luxury. Never plastic.
Our family brings 30+ years of event and equipment rental to every job, and companies like Google, Tesla, Meta, Target and eBay have rented from our network, along with the Golden State Warriors and the Oakland A’s. We are licensed and insured, A+ rated by the BBB and backed by hundreds of five-star Google reviews. Call us with the address and a rough head count and we will give you a free quote on the phone, or send a quote request through the form and a dispatcher will call you right back, usually within a few minutes.
“We were at a wedding in Livermore when the water valve broke, which meant no water and no bathrooms. My sister-in-law called The Lavatory NorCal on a Saturday night and they arrived within the hour. That is a business that knows what service means.”
“I cannot express how much I appreciated this company! We had an emergency with our bathrooms on our wedding day, and The Lavatory NorCal came in clutch with their bathrooms at the last minute, plus a generator for power. My husband and I cannot express how grateful we are.”
Toilets down right now? Call (209) 202-3741 for 24/7 immediate dispatch, or request a quote online and we will call you back within minutes.
Restroom and Hot Shower Trailers for Disasters, Outages and More, 24/7
Every emergency is a little different, so we match the trailer to the head count, the length of the stay and what is left working on site. A burst pipe at an office might need one unit for three days. A wildfire base camp can need rows of showers, bathrooms and laundry for weeks. Our dispatchers ask a few quick questions, then pull the right trailers from the yard and get them on the road.
| Trailer | What it handles in an emergency | Tanks and power |
|---|---|---|
| 9-stall bathroom | 400 to 900 people over a 5-hour stretch | 200 gallon fresh, 750 gallon waste, two 20 amp circuits |
| 8-stall private bathroom | 400 to 600 people, every stall fully private | 400 gallon fresh, 1,000 gallon waste, two 20 amp circuits |
| 5-stall bathroom | 150 to 450 people | 200 gallon fresh, 520 gallon waste, one 20 amp circuit |
| ADA plus 2 bathroom | Up to 200 people or a crew of 30, with a ramp | 210 gallon fresh, 300 gallon waste, two 20 amp circuits |
| 8-stall shower | Up to 200 people a day, CAL FIRE approved | 200 gallon fresh, 950 gallon waste, one 50 amp 220 volt circuit |
| ADA plus 2 shower | About 50 users, one roll-in accessible shower | 210 gallon fresh, 300 gallon waste, two 20 amp circuits |
| 8-station laundry | 8 industrial washers and 8 dryers | 750 gallon waste, two 50 amp 240 volt circuits |
| 12-station bunkhouse sleeper | Sleeps 12 in private bunks with heat and AC | 3 AC and heat units with a smart thermostat |
Mobile Shower Trailers for Fire Camps, Shelters and More
Our 8-stall shower trailer for NorCal fire camps gives eight private rooms with hot and cold water, metered heads at 1.5 gallons a minute and four outside sinks for washing up. It is CAL FIRE approved. Firefighters coming off a 24-hour shift and families sleeping in a school gym both get a real hot shower and a locking door. For smaller groups or anyone in a wheelchair, the rest of our mobile shower trailer rentals in Northern California include an ADA plus 2 shower and combo units that pair a shower with a toilet.
Private Bathroom Trailers When a Building Loses Its Plumbing
A cracked sewer line or a dead lift pump can shut every restroom in a building, and a boil-water notice from the city can do the same thing to a whole block of offices in one afternoon. We park a 9-stall restroom trailer for a large Bay Area campus beside the door and the doors stay open for business. For hospital wings, city offices and malls where privacy matters most, the 8-stall private bathroom trailer with locking unisex rooms gives each person a full room with a toilet, a urinal and a sink. Every stall has heat, AC, lights and a flushing china toilet.
Laundry and Bunkhouse Sleeper Trailers for Long Deployments
After the first few days, clean clothes and a real bed matter almost as much as a shower. The 8-station laundry trailer for disaster base camps runs eight industrial washers and eight dryers with a big basin sink and a folding table. Our bunkhouse sleeper trailers for NorCal response teams sleep 12 people in private bunks, each with an LED light, a USB outlet and storage. Download the full bathroom and shower trailer brochure to see every floor plan, or call (209) 202-3741 and we will walk you through the right mix for your site.
Northern California Disasters Our Bathroom Trailers Respond To
Northern California has its own calendar of trouble. Fire weather usually peaks from late summer into November, winter storms roll in off the Pacific from December through March, and the ground can shake any day of the year. Here is what each one tends to break, and what we bring.
Wildfire Season Shower and Restroom Trailer Setups
Dry north and Diablo winds push fires through the hills of Sonoma, Napa, Butte and the East Bay. When that happens, county fairgrounds, churches and school gyms turn into evacuation centers almost overnight, and their restrooms were never built for hundreds of people living on site around the clock. We set shower and bathroom trailers in rows on the parking lot, run power from a generator if the grid is down and pump the tanks on a daily schedule. Base camps for fire crews get the same setup further out, often on a dirt lot or a closed road.
Temporary Bathroom Trailers Through Atmospheric River Flooding
Big winter storms can flood the lower Russian River near Guerneville, push water against Delta levees and soak the Sacramento Valley for weeks. Septic fields drown. Well pumps lose power. Homes, campgrounds and wineries may be dry inside and still have no working toilet for days or even weeks while the ground drains and the repair crews catch up. Because our trailers carry their own fresh water and waste tanks, they work without any hookup, and our drivers set plywood under the jacks so they stay level on soft, wet ground.
Generator-Ready Restroom Trailers for Power Shutoffs
During high fire danger, the utility may cut power to whole neighborhoods for a day or more. The state lists active and planned shutoffs on the CPUC public safety power shutoff page. No power means no well pump, no sewage lift station and often no water pressure in the hills. Our trailers need very little power to run their lights, fans and AC. If the outlets are dead, we bring a quiet generator with the trailer and keep it fueled.
Luxury Bathroom Trailers After Earthquakes and Water Main Breaks
The Hayward Fault runs right under Hayward, Fremont and Berkeley, and the 2014 South Napa quake broke water mains across that city. Smaller failures happen every week: a main gives way under a school, a sewer backs up at an office park, a processing plant loses its septic pump in the middle of harvest. Schools, hospitals, food plants, data centers and city halls all keep running with a trailer by the door.
Every hour counts. Call (209) 202-3741 and tell us what broke, or send a quote request and we will call you.
Self-Contained Restroom Trailers for Sites With No Water or Power
Most emergency sites have nothing to plug into. That is fine. Each trailer carries a fresh water tank of 105 to 400 gallons and a waste tank of 200 to 1,000 gallons, depending on the size. On a long stay, our service trucks come back on a set schedule to pump the waste, refill the fresh water and restock paper, soap and towels. If there is a hose bib nearby we hook it up, and the fresh tank refills on its own.
Power is just as simple. A bathroom unit needs one or two 120 volt, 20 amp circuits within 100 feet, the 8-stall shower needs one 50 amp circuit, and a generator covers any of them. We level each trailer on its jacks, set the stairs and handrails, and for accessible units we lower the deck and lay out a railed ramp. Heat strips keep the rooms warm through cold Sierra foothill nights, and the AC keeps them cool during a Sacramento Valley heat wave.
Shelters and cooling centers have to serve everyone, so we bring accessible units with every larger order. The ADA accessible trailer rentals we keep ready for shelters include roll-in showers with fold-down seats, grab bars and wide doors built to California ADA guidelines.
How an Emergency Bathroom Trailer Rental Works
- Call us. Ring (209) 202-3741 any hour. Give us the address, how many people, and whether power or water still work.
- We size it. Our dispatcher picks the bathroom, shower or laundry trailers that fit the crowd and the space, and quotes it on the call.
- We deliver and level it. A driver hauls it in, levels it on the jacks, sets stairs, rails and ramps, then tests every light, flush and faucet.
- We service it. We pump, refill and restock on a daily or weekly schedule, and we add trailers if the crowd grows.
- We haul it out. When your plumbing is back or the camp closes, we pick everything up and leave the lot clean.
Typical Emergency Restroom Trailer Setups Across NorCal
No two calls are the same, but most fall into a few patterns. Here is what a typical setup looks like for three of the most common ones.
A school with a broken water main
A district calls before the first bell. By mid-morning an ADA plus 2 unit and a 5-stall bathroom sit on the blacktop next to the classrooms, with cones around the stairs. We pump and restock after school each day until the repair crew signs off, then haul both out over a weekend so classes never stop.
An evacuation center at a county fairgrounds
A fire forces thousands from their homes and the county opens its fairgrounds. Two 8-stall showers and two 9-stall bathrooms go up in one row with generators behind them, with an ADA plus 2 shower and a laundry trailer at the end of the line. Our trucks pump and refill every day, and we add units as the head count climbs.
A wine country tasting room after a storm
A January storm floods the septic field the week before a big release party. A 2-stall bathroom trailer goes on the gravel by the barn on its own tanks, and guests never know anything went wrong.
Reviews of Our Emergency Bathroom and Shower Trailers
“I cannot thank The Lavatory NorCal enough for coming through for us. We had an emergency and needed restrooms fast for my daughter’s wedding. Their crew had everything up and running so quickly that everyone was impressed.”
“Their team provided clean, reliable laundry trailers and shower trailers for our site. I appreciated how carefully they planned the layout and power, including safety ramps that protect the water and power lines. They always answer when I call.”
“We have used The Lavatory NorCal for 13 months while hosting large numbers of people. They have been dependable and dedicated the whole time, and they keep great communication with our teams on site.”
“The booking was smooth, and the person on the phone actually listened to our site limits instead of reading a script. When the trailer arrived it was leveled perfectly on our uneven gravel lot.”
“It made a real difference for our crew. Reliable restroom access means everyone stays focused on the job without running off site, and the day goes a lot smoother.”
“Hands down the best company! We were in a pickle for an event we were holding, and they were polite and fast, and scheduling was easier than I expected. And their bathrooms are top notch! I have used them again since and will not trust anyone else.”
“The Lavatory NorCal came in clutch at the last minute. I needed their services fast and really thought I was out of luck, but they solved every problem I had. And yes, it felt like an elegant, beautiful restroom. All my guests were impressed.”
“Great customer service! And even better restrooms! Highly recommend!”
Plan Ahead for Fire Season and Storm Season Bathroom Trailer Needs
Facility managers, school districts, wineries and city emergency staff can save real time by sending us their site details before anything goes wrong. Tell us where a trailer would park, how wide the gate is, whether there is a 20 amp outlet within 100 feet and who holds the keys. A 35-foot shower trailer needs a clear path for the truck and enough room to swing in, while a compact 2-stall bathroom fits almost anywhere a pickup truck can reach, including narrow driveways and small parking areas.
Keep our number with your outage plan. The Ready.gov earthquake guide is a good place to start one. When the call comes, we already know your site and the trailer goes out faster.
Areas We Cover With Rapid Response Portable Bathroom Trailers
Our drivers cover the whole region and we deliver anywhere in the country. In wine country we stage emergency bathroom trailers in Santa Rosa and Sonoma County, and up the valley we haul Chico portable restroom trailers for Butte County fire and flood response. In the capital region we send disaster relief bathroom trailers to Sacramento, and across the bay we bring Oakland restroom trailer rentals for East Bay outage relief. For planned work, our long-term temporary restroom rentals across NorCal cover rebuilds that run for months. See every city on the NorCal bathroom trailer service map.
Emergency Bathroom Trailer Rental Questions
How fast can a trailer reach my site?
We offer 24/7 immediate dispatch and same-day delivery across Northern California. For most urgent calls we can be there within 1 to 2 hours.
Do the trailers need a water or sewer hookup?
No. Every unit has its own fresh water tank and waste tank, and we pump and refill them on a schedule. If you do have a hose bib, we can hook it up to keep the fresh tank full.
What if the power is out on site?
We bring a generator with the trailer and keep it fueled. A bathroom unit draws about the same as one or two household circuits, so a small generator covers it.
How many people can one trailer serve in a shelter?
It depends on the size. An 8-stall shower handles up to 200 people a day, and a 9-stall bathroom covers several hundred, so tell us the expected head count and we will recommend the right combination of trailers.
Can the trailers stay for weeks or months?
Yes. Many disaster recovery sites and rebuilding projects keep our units for several months, so we set a regular service schedule and swap, remove or add trailers as the job changes.
Can you set a trailer on wet or uneven ground?
Usually, yes. Our drivers level each unit on its jacks and put plywood pads under them on soft or saturated soil, so send us a photograph of the spot if you are unsure about the ground conditions.
Does someone answer at night and on holidays?
Always. Our dispatch line at (209) 202-3741 is open 24 hours a day, every day of the year, including holidays.
Get Emergency Restroom Trailers From The Lavatory NorCal Today
When the toilets stop working, you need one phone call that ends the problem. Call (209) 202-3741 now, day or night, or fill out the online quote form. Our dispatcher will size the order, give you a delivery time and get clean, private bathroom and shower trailers rolling toward you within minutes.