Story highlights Mark Hill won almost $300 million from the Powerball lottery in 2012

Hill used some of the money to build a new fire station in his town

(CNN) Mark Hill personally knows the importance of emergency responders: On two separate occasions, his father's life was saved by volunteer firefighters.

So when Hill won almost $300 million from the Powerball lottery in 2012, he took the opportunity to pay it forward.

According to CNN affiliate KMBC , the Hill family dedicated a portion of their winnings to build a new facility to house ambulances and fire trucks in their Camden Point, Missouri, community.

"We're very, very blessed and we don't take it lightly that we've been given this beautiful structure," Steve Folck of the Camden Point Fire District Board told KMBC.

In addition to being energy efficient, the building has living quarters so it can be staffed at all times.

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