Marshall Cook, left, the new fire/EMT chief for the Rio Blanco Fire Protection District, was welcomed to the new position by 16-year fire chief Steve Allen, right, who recently retired, during the district’s “Annual Gala Banquet Honoring Meeker Volunteer Fire and Rescue,” which was held March 14 at the Fairfield Center in downtown Meeker.MEEKER I For the first time in 15 years, the Rio Blanco Fire Protection District has a new fire chief, and…