Response to forest fires is one of the foundations of our business and a main core of our strength.  With our mobile kitchens, showers, refrigerator trucks and laundry trailers, we have the ability to set-up a virtual self-supporting city in just a few hours.  We can provide hot running water where none is available and emergency food when sanitation and supplies are non-existent.

John and JoAnn Keener started the fire catering industry as we know it today in 1970 at the Entiat Fire, near Wenatchee, Washington.  Since then they have been a vital part of the collaboration between the Forest Service and national contractors to provide fire fighters with the support they need to best be able to perform their jobs.  For a number of years Keener interests represented approximately 20% to 25% of the mobile catering industry, sometimes managing seven kitchens simultaneously, handling as many as fifty two dispatches in a single season and serving over ten million meals with never a significant illness due to the food.  Ray Keener, the principal owner of ICS, grew up in this environment and knows the industry.  From the beginning John and JoAnn Keener have also been a part of ICS, along with several other individuals who have worked with the Keeners for many years in fire catering.

Incident Catering Services seeks to consistently provide our customers with friendly, responsive, face to face service while offering exceptional quality in all areas of our services.  We strive to be a valued support to emergency service workers in our effort to become the premier mobile food services company in North America.  ICS pursues this in part by striving to achieve high ratings, by consistently offering more in terms of quality, quantity and service than is expected and to have the men and women we serve express a desire for our return.

In our 30-year history, we have brought emergency response to such large-scale disasters as the 1980 Mount St. Helens Eruption, the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska, the earthquakes in Loma Prieta and Northridge California, the 1998 floods in North Dakota, hurricanes Fran, Floyd, Andrew, Katrina, Rita, Wilma, Gustav and Ike.

Whether it's a natural disaster, fire or terrorist event, we have the ability to mobilize our fleet within four hours.  Other providers may say that they can do what we do, but only Incident Catering Services has the proven history and professional know-how it takes to respond successfully under pressure.  You can trust the emergency services from Incident Catering Services to bring calm to the center of your storm.  Give us a call for additional details and find out what we can provide for you!