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Segment Information | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Segment Information | SEGMENT INFORMATION The Company has three operating segments as defined under ASC Topic 280, Segment Reporting. The Company's reportable segments are consistent with its operating segments. Business units are organized under each segment because they share certain characteristics, such as technology, marketing, distribution and product application, which create long-term synergies. The principal activities of the Company’s operating segments are as follows: Environmental Solutions — The Environmental Solutions Group manufactures a variety of self-propelled street cleaning vehicles, vacuum loader vehicles, municipal catch basin/sewer cleaning vacuum trucks, and waterblasting equipment. This Group sells primarily to municipal and government customers and industrial contractors. Products are sold under the Elgin®, Vactor®, Guzzler® and Jetstream® brand names. The Group primarily manufactures its vehicles and equipment in the United States. Safety and Security Systems — Our Safety and Security Systems Group is a leading manufacturer and supplier of comprehensive systems and products that law enforcement, fire rescue, emergency medical services, campuses, military facilities and industrial sites use to protect people and property. Offerings include systems for campus and community alerting, emergency vehicles, first responder interoperable communications, industrial communications and command and municipal networked security. Specific products include vehicle lightbars and sirens, public warning sirens and public safety software. Products are primarily sold under the Federal Signal™ , Federal Signal VAMA™, Target Tech®, and Victor™ brand names. The Group operates manufacturing facilities in North America, Europe, and South Africa. Fire Rescue — The Fire Rescue Group manufactures articulated and telescopic aerial platforms for rescue and fire fighting and for maintenance purposes. This Group sells to municipal and industrial fire services, civil defense authorities, rental companies, electric utilities and industrial customers. The Group manufactures in Finland and sells globally under the Bronto Skylift® brand names. Corporate contains those items that are not included in our operating segments. Net sales by operating segment reflect sales of products and services to external customers, as reported in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. Intersegment sales are insignificant. The Company evaluates performance based on operating income of the respective segment. Operating income includes all revenues, costs and expenses directly related to the segment involved. In determining operating segment income, neither corporate nor interest expenses are included. Operating segment depreciation expense, identifiable assets and capital expenditures relate to those assets that are utilized by the respective operating segment. Corporate assets consist principally of cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, notes and other receivables and fixed assets. The accounting policies of each operating segment are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies. Revenues attributed to customers located outside of the U.S. aggregated $301.1 million in 2013, $310.5 million in 2012, and $268.2 million in 2011, of which sales exported from the U.S. aggregated $131.1 million, $127.9 million, and $126.1 million, respectively. The following tables summarize the Company’s continuing operations by segment, including net sales, operating income, depreciation and amortization, total assets, and capital expenditures:
(in millions) | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Net sales: |  |  |  |  |
Environmental Solutions | $ | 474.0 |  |  | $ | 427.8 |  |  | $ | 357.8 |
Safety and Security Systems | 238.9 |  |  | 240.3 |  |  | 221.4 |
Fire Rescue | 138.4 |  |  | 135.1 |  |  | 109.5 |
Total net sales | $ | 851.3 |  |  | $ | 803.2 |  |  | $ | 688.7 |
Operating income: |  |  |  |  |
Environmental Solutions | $ | 58.2 |  |  | $ | 42.0 |  |  | $ | 24.5 |
Safety and Security Systems | 26.1 |  |  | 27.9 |  |  | 21.5 |
Fire Rescue | 9.0 |  |  | 8.9 |  |  | 6.6 |
Corporate and eliminations | (22.7 | ) |  | (27.3 | ) |  | (19.4 | )
Total operating income | 70.6 |  |  | 51.5 |  |  | 33.2 |
Interest expense | 8.8 |  |  | 21.4 |  |  | 16.4 |
Debt settlement charges | 8.7 |  |  | 3.5 |  |  | — |
Other expense, net | 0.1 |  |  | 0.7 |  |  | 0.2 |
Income before income taxes | $ | 53.0 |  |  | $ | 25.9 |  |  | $ | 16.6 |
(in millions) | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Depreciation and amortization: |  |  |  |  |
Environmental Solutions | $ | 6.1 |  |  | $ | 5.4 |  |  | $ | 5.2 |
Safety and Security Systems | 4.2 |  |  | 4.3 |  |  | 4.4 |
Fire Rescue | 3.2 |  |  | 2.6 |  |  | 2.5 |
Corporate and eliminations | 0.7 |  |  | 0.9 |  |  | 0.9 |
Total depreciation and amortization | $ | 14.2 |  |  | $ | 13.2 |  |  | $ | 13.0 |
(in millions) | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Total assets: |  |  |  |  |
Environmental Solutions | $ | 236.0 |  |  | $ | 237.5 |  |  | $ | 231.7 |
Safety and Security Systems | 213.4 |  |  | 209.5 |  |  | 200.3 |
Fire Rescue | 116.4 |  |  | 122.5 |  |  | 117.3 |
Corporate and eliminations | 73.6 |  |  | 41.7 |  |  | 24.1 |
Total assets of continuing operations | 639.4 |  |  | 611.2 |  |  | 573.4 |
Total assets of discontinued operations | 5.4 |  |  | 2.0 |  |  | 133.3 |
Total assets | $ | 644.8 |  |  | $ | 613.2 |  |  | $ | 706.7 |
(in millions) | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Capital expenditures: |  |  |  |  |
Environmental Solutions | $ | 4.5 |  |  | $ | 6.4 |  |  | $ | 6.7 |
Safety and Security Systems | 5.4 |  |  | 2.7 |  |  | 3.6 |
Fire Rescue | 5.4 |  |  | 3.1 |  |  | 2.9 |
Corporate and eliminations | 1.7 |  |  | 0.8 |  |  | 0.3 |
Total capital expenditures | $ | 17.0 |  |  | $ | 13.0 |  |  | $ | 13.5 |
The following table summarizes net sales and long-lived assets based on geographic location of the Company’s subsidiaries:
(in millions) | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Net sales: |  |  |  |  |
United States | $ | 550.2 |  |  | $ | 492.7 |  |  | $ | 420.5 |
Europe/Other | 244.6 |  |  | 259.0 |  |  | 229.0 |
Canada | 56.5 |  |  | 51.5 |  |  | 39.2 |
Total net sales | $ | 851.3 |  |  | $ | 803.2 |  |  | $ | 688.7 |
(in millions) | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Long-lived assets (excluding deferred tax and intangible assets): |  |  |  |  |
United States | $ | 46.1 |  |  | $ | 54.5 |  |  | $ | 45.4 |
Europe | 21.9 |  |  | 16.8 |  |  | 16.0 |
Other | 0.4 |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | 0.6 |
Total long-lived assets | $ | 68.4 |  |  | $ | 71.8 |  |  | $ | 62.0 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8380-108599 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 32 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8933-108599 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 10 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8538-108599 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 26 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8844-108599 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 29 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8864-108599 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 34 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8981-108599 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 35 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8984-108599 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 41 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9038-108599 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 30 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8906-108599 Reference 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 42 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9054-108599 Reference 11: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 31 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8924-108599 Reference 12: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 40 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9031-108599 Reference 13: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 33 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8971-108599 Reference 14: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 12 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8595-108599 + Details
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