SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Tamica Barnett has become the first Black female promoted to the rank of Captain in the Syracuse Fire Department.
She was previously the city’s first Black female fire lieutenant, promoted in 2021. Barnett joined the department in 2011.
For Barnett, who also serves as the President of the Syracuse City School District Board of Education Commissioners since 2024, service and being a role model are core to her beliefs…