"Unable to send firmware update" notice won't go away

You are getting this because you have asked the system to notify you but you don’t have any method of notifying you set up in Notification Center. So it will never clear.

If you don’t want notifications about firmware updates, then change the option to “do not notify me.” If you want to receive notifications, then you need to set up a notification method in Notification Center - via email, Push, SMS, etc.