One of the strategies in community psychology for expanding mental health manpower has been to identify groups of individuals at the "psychological frontlines" and to train them in psychological intervention skills (Bard, 1976; Cowen, 1982). Emergency medical technicians (EMTs) may be such a group because they respond immediately to unpredictable psychological crises and are the authority figures responsible for managing these unforseen events. Survey data from five metropolitan areas of Georgia suggest that behavioral or emotional problems account for 15 to 40% of EMT emergency responses (Hampton, 1980). Despite the potential benefits of training EMTs in psychological intervention skills, EMTs typically are not taught how to respond to individuals in psychological crisis. Scheib (Note 1) has suggested that failure to provide this experience is the major weakness in the training of EMTs. If psychological training is to be offered to EMTs it must be very brief since it will have to compete timewise with many nonpsychological programs (Morando, Note 2). Therefore, the purpose of this study was to develop, implement, and empirically evaluate a replicable training program that could be taught to EMts within two 4-hour evening sessions.