With the arrival of March and multiple days of temperatures above 30 degrees, it is time for a reminder to use  caution when out on the ice.

A 6-year-old girl was treated at Mayo Clinic Health System in Austin Tuesday after falling through ice on Mill Pond.

The girl reportedly fell through the ice near the center concrete pillar of the walking bridge and was following tracks on the ice when she fell in.

Thankfully, the incident was immediately called in, and she was rescued by an Austin firefighter. The girl was treated for hypothermia and released.

With the temperature forecast calling for 30s, 40s and possibly 50s over the next week, we advise people to stay off the ice if at all possible. The deadline for removing fish houses is Monday. As the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources states, ice is never 100 percent safe.

Here are some tips from the DNR on what to do if you fall through the ice:

• Try not to panic.

• Don’t remove your winter clothing. Heavy clothes won’t drag you down, but instead can trap air to provide warmth and flotation. This is especially true with a snowmobile suit.

• Turn toward the direction you came. That’s probably the strongest ice.

• Place your hands and arms on the unbroken surface. This is where a pair of nails, sharpened screwdrivers or ice picks come in handy in providing the extra traction you need to pull yourself up onto the ice.

• Kick your feet and dig in your ice picks to work your way back onto the solid ice. If your clothes have trapped a lot of water, you may have to lift yourself partially out of the water on your elbows to let the water drain before starting forward.

• Lie flat on the ice once you are out and roll away from the hole to keep your weight spread out. This may help prevent you from breaking through again.

• Get to a warm, dry, sheltered area and re-warm yourself immediately. In moderate to severe cases of cold water hypothermia, you must seek medical attention. Cold blood trapped in your extremities can come rushing back to your heart after you begin to re-warm. The shock of the chilled blood may cause ventricular fibrillation leading to a heart attack and death.