How fast can you deliver during an emergency?
Disaster response is not a normal rental. When a household or a whole block loses water and sewer service, San Leandro Porta Pros treats it like emergency porta potty rental work, which means the truck moves before the paperwork is finished. We keep standard portable toilet units, handwashing stations and portable sinks staged for exactly this. A standard unit runs about 44 by 48 inches on the ground and stands roughly 92 inches tall, so it fits in a driveway, a church lot or a school pickup lane without much site prep. OSHA 1926.51(a)(1) requires an adequate supply of potable water at any place of employment, and that standard does not pause during a disaster. If you are coordinating relief for a shelter, a staging area or a neighborhood without water, request a quote and we will talk through unit counts on the phone, not through a form queue. Crews from Ashland, 3.8 miles east of San Leandro, and San Lorenzo, 4.1 miles southeast, have called on us during outages, and the delivery radius covers both without a special trip charge. For agencies managing a longer relief window, a monthly porta potty rental often costs less per day than repeated short holds, and our porta potty rental cost page breaks down the day, week and month bands so a shelter director can budget before calling.
What sanitation gear actually helps in a disaster?
Toilets alone will not carry a shelter through a multi-day outage. Pair portable toilet rental units with hand sanitizer station rental equipment and a dedicated handwashing setup, because 29 CFR 1910.141(d)(2) is clear that soap and towels or a hand-drying device are required, and hand sanitizer alone does not satisfy that standard. If the disaster involves flooding near septic systems, a backed-up tank is its own emergency; our emergency septic service crew can pump a compromised system and a holding tank rental can bridge the gap until the property's plumbing is repaired. For a shelter expecting mixed mobility needs, ADA Standards section 213.2 requires that where single-user units are clustered, at least 5 percent, and never fewer than one, must be accessible, so we always fold in an ADA accessible porta potty rather than leaving it as an afterthought. Sites without power for lighting can add a light tower rental, and a location without a functioning electrical panel can pull a temporary power pole to run pumps or lights safely, since a 200 amp temporary service is common on relief sites needing more than a generator can carry. If debris removal follows the initial response, a roll-off dumpster rental clears storm debris fast, and OSHA 1926.25 still applies. it requires scrap and debris cleared from work areas, disaster or not.
Is a restroom trailer better than portable toilets for a shelter?
For a shelter running more than a few days, a trailer beats a bank of single units on comfort and plumbing reliability. Our restroom trailer rental line includes a 2 stall restroom trailer for smaller sites and a 4 stall restroom trailer or 8 stall restroom trailer for a Red Cross-style shelter housing dozens of families. Trailers flush, they run warm water, and they hold up better than standard units when hundreds of people cycle through in a week. A shower trailer rental matters just as much once people have been displaced more than a day or two; a hot shower is not a luxury item in that setting, it is basic dignity. Storage matters too during a long response: a storage container rental or a 20ft storage container keeps donated supplies, cots and cleaning gear dry and secured on site. If the relief operation needs a command post, a mobile office trailer rental gives coordinators a dry place to work. Below is a rough sense of what shelters and response teams typically budget per unit type over different windows.
| unit | day | week | month |
|---|---|---|---|
| standard | $100-$350 | $130-$500 | $125-$325 |
| ada | $200-$400 | $240 and up | n/a |
| trailer | $175-$2500 | $1650 and up | n/a |
Frequently asked questions
How many toilets does a shelter need?
It depends on headcount, but OSHA 1926.51(c) sets one toilet for 20 workers or fewer on a job site, and shelters commonly use a similar ratio for planning. Our how many porta potties do I need guide walks through the math for a specific headcount and duration.
Can you deliver to a location without street address confirmation yet?
Yes, we work with responders on cross streets, landmarks or GPS pins when a formal address is not assigned yet, which happens often in early-stage disaster staging. Call ahead so the driver has clear directions before leaving San Leandro.
Do you provide handwashing stations separate from toilets?
Yes. A handwashing station rental can be ordered on its own for feeding sites, medical triage or donation centers. See handwashing requirements for the sanitation standard behind it.
What if the disaster involves chemical or fuel contamination?
If workers are handling coatings, herbicides or fuel cleanup, OSHA 1926.51(f)(1) requires washing facilities for that contaminant exposure specifically. Tell our dispatcher the cleanup type so we bring the right handwashing setup.
Is there a minimum rental period for disaster response?
No fixed minimum. Many relief placements run a few days and convert to weekly or monthly billing once the recovery timeline becomes clearer. Ask about switching rate structures without moving the unit.
Next step
Get a delivery date
Tell us the address, the dates and the headcount. We size the order and confirm the route.