Kan. Stat. § 48-911
The adjutant general, at the request of the governor, is authorized to create and establish such number of mobile support units as may be necessary to reinforce the emergency management activities of county, city and interjurisdictional disaster agencies in stricken areas and with due consideration of the plans of the federal government and of other states. The adjutant general shall appoint a commander for each such unit who shall have primary responsibility for the organization, administration and operation of such unit for such purposes. Mobile support units shall be called to duty upon orders of the adjutant general, with the approval of the governor, and shall perform their functions in any part of the state or in other states upon the conditions authorized under the provisions of this act.
K.S.A. 48-911