Sledding is a favorite activity this time of year with the amount of snow we have on the ground in and around Fishers.  The Fishers Fire Department is using this Saturday morning experience of one Fishers family as a lesson in safety.

According to a Facebook post from local firefighters, a 4-year-old child sat down on a sled at the top of an incline and the child began sledding down the hill before the parents could react.  The sled carried her onto a retention pond.  According to the Fishers Fire Department, the ice did not crack.

The parents did the right thing by not trying to walk onto the ice, but called fire officials, who arrived and safely brought the 4-year-old back to safe ground.  “Firefighters reported hearing the ice “pop” as the rescuers weight was placed on the ice but again, luck held that the ice could support the weight,” the Facebook posting said.

The fire department is crediting the parents for doing the right thing and not trying to walk on the ice themselves.

Fire officials have this advice for situations such as this.  “As temperatures rise over the next few days, the ice likely won’t continue to support weight. Please keep your children away from retention ponds. The risk is just too high.”