# Help a Tiny Home Family Survive Tragedy URL: https://tinyhouseblog.com/announcement/help-tiny-home-family-survive-tragedy/ Published: 2023-06-20 10:38:37 Modified: 2023-06-20 10:42:32 Image: https://tinyhouseblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Help-Tiny-Home-Family-Survive-Tragedy.jpg ## Summary The Hirth family, a tiny home family of three, is seeking community support after Patrick Hirth suffered severe injuriesu2014including brain bleeds, skull fractures, and multiple broken bonesu2014after falling 15 feet from a roof while installing solar panels. The family must leave their tiny house and urban garden known as the Creative Arts Farm to relocate to an accessible single-story home during Patrick's lengthy recovery. They are accepting financial donations via GoFundMe as well as in-kind support including housing leads, meals, childcare, and transportation assistance. **Keywords:** Hirth family tragedy, tiny home family accident, Patrick Hirth solar panel fall, GoFundMe family in need, Creative Arts Farm tiny house, solar panel installer injury, community support Orange County, tiny home community fundraiser, Tiny House Expedition, accessible housing Southern California, traumatic brain injury recovery, workplace accident fundraiser, family relocation assistance ## Entities - Patrick Hirth (Person) — Husband and father who sustained life-threatening injuries after falling 15 feet from a roof while installing solar panels - Siri Hirth (Person) — Wife and mother of the Hirth family, primary spokesperson seeking community support during Patrick's recovery - Hirth Family (Thing) — A family of three who lived in a tiny home and are now seeking housing, financial, and practical support following a severe workplace accident - Creative Arts Farm (Place) — The Hirth family's tiny home and flourishing urban garden that they must leave due to Patrick's accessibility needs during recovery - Tiny House Expedition (Organization) — Organization run by Alexis Stephens that documents and advocates for the tiny home lifestyle and shared the Hirth family's fundraising appeal - Alexis Stephens (Person) — Representative of Tiny House Expedition who authored and published the appeal on behalf of the Hirth family - GoFundMe (Product) — Crowdfunding platform used to collect financial donations for the Hirth family's recovery and relocation expenses ## Q&A **Q: What happened to Patrick Hirth?** Patrick Hirth fell 15 feet off a roof while working as a solar panel installer, sustaining serious injuries including a brain bleed, brain bruising, skull fractures, orbital fractures, fractured vertebrae, fractured hip, fractured ribs, and a fractured hand, wrist, arm, and elbow. **Q: Why does the Hirth family need to leave their tiny home?** Patrick's injuries require him to live in an accessible, single-story home to support his recovery and rehabilitation, which is incompatible with their current tiny house setup. **Q: What kind of help does the Hirth family need?** The family needs financial donations, a 2+ bedroom single-story or accessible home in Orange County or Southern Los Angeles County, a larger vehicle for medical equipment, meals, moving assistance, childcare, and pet sitting. **Q: How can people donate or help the Hirth family?** People can donate through the family's GoFundMe campaign or offer in-kind support by contacting Tiny House Expedition. Sharing their story on social media is also encouraged. **Q: Who is sharing the Hirth family's story?** Alexis Stephens of Tiny House Expedition wrote and shared the Hirth family's story to help them reach their community for support. ## Content I’m writing today to share about a tiny home family of three in need of help to survive a recent tragedy. The truly inspirational Hirth family is devastated by a recent horrific accident that has left them overwhelmed and in a financial world of hurt. Also, they’re heartbroken because they must leave their cozy tiny house and flourishing urban garden, the [Creative Arts Farm](https://www.creativeartsfarm.com/). [](https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-tiny-home-family-survive-medical-tragedy) Loving husband & father Patrick Hirth fell 15 feet off of a roof while at his job installing solar panels. That’s 1.5 stories—  truly amazing that he is alive! **He sustained excessive injuries, including brain bleed, brain bruising, skull fractures, orbital fractures, fractured vertebrae and hip, fractured ribs, and a fractured hand, wrist, arm & elbow. **The timeline for his path of recovery and rehabilitation is uncertain but will certainly be an exceptionally difficult ongoing journey. > “During this time, we will need to move to an accessible single-family one-story home and will no longer be able to continue on our tiny home journey in order to best support Patrick’s path to recovery. Patrick is unable to work for an undetermined amount of time, and he is our primary financial support. We are reaching out to our community to help assist us as we navigate this difficult time,” Siri Hirth—kind & emotionally wrecked wife and mother. **[Financial contributions](https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-tiny-home-family-survive-medical-tragedy) will help them tremendously with the extremely difficult road ahead, as well as support with any of the below needs:** - 2+ bedroom, cat-friendly single-family one-story home in Orange County or Southern Los Angeles County *(additional types of homes that will work: open floor plan apartment or condo with elevator access)* - A larger vehicle in order to accommodate medical equipment to support Patrick’s healing (spacious SUV, van, or truck) - Meals - Relocation/moving assistance (once a new home has been selected) - Occasional in-home childcare - Pet sitting - Love and good vibes ### Please contact us about any in-kind offers of support or donations via [GoFundMe](https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-tiny-home-family-survive-medical-tragedy). 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