Lt. Seenah Mischel clears the scene after a chimney fire call in Erie, Pa., Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. Mischel successfully completed her candidate testing and was hired in 2010, becoming Erie’s first Black female firefighter. She made more history in August when, after returning from an overseas deployment with the U.S. Air Force Reserves, she learned that she had received a lieutenant’s position that she had tested for, becoming the city fire bureau’s first Black female officer. Mischel was to be officially sworn in to the new position during a promotion ceremony at Erie City Hall on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. (Christopher Millette/Erie Times-News via AP)