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Only two days after it rolled out province-wide 911 service, Newfoundland and Labrador officials are pleading with citizens to stop calling 911 just to see if it works.

“The more people hear about it, the more likely they are to try and test it,” said Bradley Power, spokesman with Newfoundland and Labrador’s Fire and Emergency services. “There have been a couple, and we just want to make sure that it doesn’t escalate.”

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Last week, an official government release warned 911 newbies to “refrain from testing the service (i.e. calling and hanging up).”

On Monday, Newfoundland and Labradorians also heard from Vince Mackenzie, president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Fire Services. In a CBC broadcast he said “it’s up, it’s running. You don’t need to check.”

“My message today is to remind everyone not to phone 911 unless there is an emergency,” he told the National Post.

On Sunday, Newfoundland and Labrador launched province-wide 911 service for the first time. Previously, only 40% of its 527,000 people could call 911 in an emergency.