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Hurricane Isaias · Jackson County, MS

A Trailer on Your Lot in Pascagoula and Ocean Springs
After Hurricane Isaias

If your home in Pascagoula, Ocean Springs, Gautier, Moss Point, and unincorporated Jackson County is not livable after Isaias, you may be able to stay on your own property while it is repaired. We deliver a furnished travel trailer to your driveway or yard, set it up, have it connected, and service it for the whole stay. When a carrier approves the trailer, we can bill the carrier directly.

Local rules. Moss Point issues a temporary RV permit after a hurricane, Pascagoula and Jackson County have temporary residence permits that do not name RVs, and Ocean Springs has no storm exception in its code, so ask before anyone moves in. Each rule is linked to its official source below.

Housing a crew? No jurisdiction we checked in Jackson County lets a crew live in RVs on a job site; Gautier bars sleeping in contractors’ temporary offices. Crew rules and housing

Satellite: GOES-East. Radar: NEXRAD. Track, cone, and warnings: National Hurricane Center Advisory 13. All at 4 PM CDT Oct. 9. Latest forecast: nhc.noaa.gov

Hurricane Isaias and Jackson County

Go back into an evacuated area, and plan a delivery there, only when local officials say it is safe, and follow road closures. For Jackson County, official updates come from the Jackson County Office of Emergency Services and Mississippi MEMA.

Storm facts

  • The storm. At 4 p.m. CDT on October 9, 2026, National Hurricane Center Advisory 13 had Isaias as a Category 3 hurricane, expected to make landfall along the coast of the western Florida Panhandle that evening. The hurricane warning ran from Ocean Springs, Mississippi, to the Bay and Gulf county line in Florida. National Hurricane Center
  • Jackson County coast. At 4 p.m. CDT on October 9, 2026, National Hurricane Center Advisory 13 had the Hurricane Warning beginning at Ocean Springs, Mississippi, with a Tropical Storm Warning west of Ocean Springs, and the whole coast from the mouth of the Mississippi River to the Suwannee River in Florida under a Storm Surge Warning. National Hurricane Center, Advisory 13

Checked against the sources above as of . For current conditions, go to the source.

A trailer on your own lot in Jackson County

Whether a trailer can stay on your lot is decided by your city, or by the county outside city limits, and by your HOA if you have one. Here is what each one’s own code or official page says, in short. Our parent brand covers the residential RV rules for Pascagoula, Ocean Springs and Jackson County in detail.

  • City of Pascagoula. A permit allows a temporary residence on the lot of a home with casualty damage once the City Manager finds it not habitable, for up to 12 months, renewable to four years or longer if a declaration of emergency says so. The section covers factory-fabricated, transportable structures and does not name travel trailers, so confirm with Planning and Building. Source: Pascagoula Unified Development Ordinance, Sec. 4.5.F
  • City of Ocean Springs. The code allows an RV on its owner’s property only when no one lives or sleeps in it, and no provision for an RV as a temporary home during storm repairs was found. Check with the Building Department. Source: Ocean Springs Unified Development Code
  • City of Gautier. No official page we could find states a rule. Check with the city or county before delivery.
  • City of Moss Point. The zoning code bars living in a parked RV, but after a natural disaster such as a hurricane the city may issue a temporary permit to live in an RV for up to 90 days, with a second 90 days if a building permit has been issued and substantial progress made. Source: Moss Point Code of Ordinances, Sec. 42-134
  • Unincorporated Jackson County. The Planning Director may issue an emergency permit for a mobile home or temporary structure for people displaced by a hurricane or other disaster, for up to one year, renewable once. The section does not name RVs, so ask Planning whether a travel trailer counts. Source: Jackson County Zoning Ordinance

If insurance may pay for your housing

That depends on your policy and your adjuster. When a carrier approves the trailer, we can bill the carrier directly, so you are not fronting the cost. Our parent brand explains the claim side on 1st Choice Living’s Mississippi page. Once the placement is arranged, the trailer, delivery, and service are ours.

Every size arrives furnished, with real beds, a full kitchen, a bathroom with a shower, and heat and air conditioning. More on a trailer on your property while you rebuild.

Already working with a temporary housing company?

We work with any temporary housing company. If one is handling your housing, ask them to place you with Temporary RV Living, or with our parent brand, 1st Choice Living, for a trailer on your own lot in Jackson County. They send us the placement, and we deliver, set up, and service the trailer.

Crew trailers on a job site in Jackson County

For restoration, roofing, tree, utility, and response crews working in Pascagoula, Ocean Springs, Gautier, Moss Point, and unincorporated Jackson County. Bring the housing to the work. We deliver travel trailers to the site, or as close as the ground allows, and set up and connect them the same way we do in a driveway. A two-person crew fits one trailer. A full crew takes a cluster, and the Workforce Bunkhouse sleeps six or more per trailer, with a kitchen and a bathroom the crew shares. One point of contact runs the placement, it lands on one invoice billed directly to the company, and we handle the LOA, COI, and compliance paperwork your office or your client requires.

What the local codes say about trailers on a job site

  • City of Pascagoula. Temporary offices for construction and security personnel are allowed during permitted construction, but these are offices, and no provision lets a crew live or sleep in an RV on a job site. An RV used for habitation may not be parked on a street or public place without the City Manager’s written permission. Source: Pascagoula Unified Development Ordinance
  • City of Ocean Springs. The Building Official may authorize one on-site manufactured home on a construction site for security, a caretaker, or the owner or builder, removed within two weeks after the certificate of occupancy. That names a manufactured home, not an RV, and construction offices are for administrative use only. Source: Ocean Springs Unified Development Code, Sec. 6.13.2
  • City of Gautier. A contractor’s temporary office and equipment sheds are allowed in any district with a permit, for up to one year plus one renewal, but they may not contain sleeping or cooking accommodations. RVs belong in RV parks and mobile home parks. Source: Gautier Unified Development Ordinance
  • City of Moss Point. Night watchman or caretaker dwellings are allowed in some industrial and commercial districts, but the code does not say an RV may serve as one, and RVs may not be used for living or sleeping where that use is not approved. Source: Moss Point Code of Ordinances, Sec. 42-144
  • Unincorporated Jackson County. The ordinance recognizes temporary construction offices and defines a temporary structure as not a dwelling, and no crew or watchman housing provision was found. The emergency permit covers people displaced from their own home or business, not work crews. Source: Jackson County Zoning Ordinance

Ask the building or planning office for the site before delivery, with the address and how long the crew expects to stay. More on crew housing.

Power, water, and sewer for a trailer in Jackson County

Water, sewer or septic, and electrical connections are completed by licensed, insured contractors from our preferred vendor network, so you do not hire an electrician or a plumber. We look at how far the trailer will sit from the water, sewer, and power it will use, and confirm the site with you on the call before the trailer rolls.

Electric service in Jackson County comes from the utilities below. Each posts its own outage and storm updates.

Permit offices and emergency management in Jackson County

Call the office for the city where the trailer will sit, or the county office outside city limits. Ask whether a travel trailer may be used there, for how long, and which permits the hookups need.

What we need to start

  • The address where the trailer will sit
  • When you need it, and who is moving in: your household, pets included, or the crew head count
  • What the site has: a route in, firm ground close to level, and where the water, sewer or septic, and power are
  • For a company: in the form, choose “I am arranging it for someone else,” then “Employer housing a crew” or “Contractor or restoration”
  • Any approval the city, county, or HOA has given, or the office you have been working with

Answer a few questions in the request form and a rep calls you back with a written quote, or call (214) 493-1515.

Questions about trailers in Jackson County

Can I live in an RV on my lot in Moss Point after Hurricane Isaias?

Moss Point's code lets the city issue a temporary permit to live in an RV for up to 90 days after a natural disaster such as a hurricane, with a second 90 days if a building permit has been issued and substantial progress made. Call City Hall at (228) 475-0300.

Does Pascagoula allow a temporary home on a storm-damaged lot?

Pascagoula's ordinance allows a temporary residence on the lot of a casualty-damaged home once the City Manager finds it not habitable, for up to 12 months and renewable to four years, or longer if a declaration of emergency says so. It covers factory-fabricated, transportable structures and does not name travel trailers, so confirm with Planning and Building at 228-938-6620.

Can a crew stay in travel trailers on a job site in Pascagoula or Ocean Springs?

Not under any rule we found. Pascagoula allows construction and security offices, Ocean Springs allows one manufactured home for security or a caretaker on a construction site, and Gautier bars sleeping in contractors’ temporary offices. Moss Point allows watchman dwellings in some districts but does not say an RV can be one. Ask the building or planning office before delivery.

Can I stay in a travel trailer on my lot in Ocean Springs or Gautier?

Ocean Springs allows an RV on its owner's property only when no one lives or sleeps in it, and no storm-repair exception was found. No Gautier rule was found online. Check with the Ocean Springs Building Department at 228-875-6712 or Gautier Planning and Building at 228-497-8000 before delivery.

Do you deliver travel trailers to Pascagoula and Ocean Springs after Hurricane Isaias?

We deliver, set up, and service trailers nationwide, and have since 2004. Put the Pascagoula and Ocean Springs address in the request form and we confirm the site with you on the call. Plan a delivery into an evacuated area only once local officials, including the Jackson County Office of Emergency Services, say it is safe to return.

Tell us where the trailer needs to be

For your family or a crew, answer a few questions and a rep calls you back with a written quote.