The Lakeport Fire Protection District has named a new chief. The LakeCountyNews reports Patrick Reitz will join the district’s team on Tuesday, Nov. 1. He succeeds Chief Jeff Thomas. Dan Grebil has acted as interim chief since Thomas’ resignation. Reitz is the former fire chief of the Idyllwild Fire Protection District in Idyllwild, California, and has also served the city of Sheridan, Wyoming; and the Crooked River Ranch Rural Fire Protection District in Terrebonne, Oregon.