Team Info
Task Force: California Task Force 3 (CA-TF3)
Agency: San Francisco Fire
Level: FEMA/DHS Certified
Most Recent Certification: Apri 16, 2022
Search Dog Info
Breed: Labrador
Sex: Female
Born: January 7, 2020
Recruited from Outreach Pawsibilities
Sponsors: Beth and Greg Apke, and Jill Bee and Loren Glasser
Named in Honor of former SDF staff member Reva Ferguson
Reva, originally named Ollie, was raised in an apartment and her former owners did not anticipate her energy level or her size, so they made the decision to surrender her to Outreach Pawsibilities in Herriman, Utah. After recruiter Trevor Lawrence met Reva, he knew she was a candidate for our program when she nearly knocked him over trying to get the toy! After passing her evaluation easily, Reva jumped on a private plane with volunteer pilot Eliot Alper, thanks to SDF partnership with Angel Flight West, made possible by Jeff Moorhouse, who also flew the second leg of Reva’s flight into Santa Paula. When she arrived at SDF’s campus for search dog training, her over-the-top toy drive initially caused her to be so overstimulated that she could not process her training and learn the skills she will need as a search dog, but SDF trainers were able to balance that drive and help her “learn how to learn.”
We are honored to have renamed her in memory of one of our own—former SDF staff member Reva Ferguson, who lost her courageous 13-year battle with breast cancer on December 5, 2020, just one year ago. Now, Search Dog Reva will carry on Reva’s legacy, sharing a similar boundless energy, a real love of life every single day, and a small mischievous streak, as she completes her training and goes on to help save lives.