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Discontinued Operations - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 0 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
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Sep. 04, 2012 | Jun. 21, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Sep. 30, 2014 | Jun. 30, 2014 | Mar. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2013 | Jun. 30, 2013 | Mar. 31, 2013 | Jun. 30, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Sep. 30, 2012
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income (Loss) from discontinued operations and disposal |  |  | $ 0.6 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity | $ 0.2 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity | $ 0.1 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity | $ (0.2)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity | $ 0.4 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity | [1] | $ (0.8)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity | $ (0.3)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity | $ 0.5 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity |  | $ 0.7 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity | $ (0.2)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity | $ (49.5)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity |
Severance costs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.6 fss_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationSeveranceCosts |  |
Proceeds from sale agreement | 110.0 us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfBusiness | 110.0 us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfBusiness |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Assets held for sale carrying value |  | 121.1 us-gaap_AssetsOfDisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair value less cost to sell |  | 97.6 us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationOtherAssets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Asset held for sale fair value |  | 101.0 us-gaap_AssetsHeldForSaleLongLivedFairValueDisclosure |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cost to sell assets held for sale |  | 3.4 fss_CostToSellAssetsHeldForSale |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairment charges |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 23.5 us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges |  |  |  |
Escrow receivable |  |  | 4.0 us-gaap_EscrowDeposit |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4.0 us-gaap_EscrowDeposit |  |  | 5.0 us-gaap_EscrowDeposit
Increase in carrying value of asset held for sale |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.8 fss_IncreaseDecreaseinCarryingValueofAssetsHeldforSale |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Transaction cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.5 fss_AdditionalCostToSellAssetsHeldForSale |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total loss on disposal |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12.2 us-gaap_DisposalGroupNotDiscontinuedOperationGainLossOnDisposal |  |  |  |  |  | 34.7 us-gaap_DisposalGroupNotDiscontinuedOperationGainLossOnDisposal |
Escrow identified for general representations and warranties period |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 18 months |  |  |
Remaining general escrow fund to be held |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 36 months |  |  |
Escrow release |  |  | 7.4 fss_EscrowBalanceSubsequentRelease |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7.4 fss_EscrowBalanceSubsequentRelease |  |  |
Loss before income taxes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (0.4)us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationIncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationBeforeIncomeTax |  |  |
Environmental remediation at the Pearland, Texas facility |  |  | 1.3 us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationOtherCurrentLiabilities |  |  |  | 1.4 us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationOtherCurrentLiabilities |  |  |  |  |  | 1.3 us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationOtherCurrentLiabilities | 1.4 us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationOtherCurrentLiabilities |  |
Estimated product liability obligations |  |  | 3.0 us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationOtherNoncurrentLiabilities |  |  |  | 3.6 us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationOtherNoncurrentLiabilities |  |  |  |  |  | 3.0 us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationOtherNoncurrentLiabilities | 3.6 us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationOtherNoncurrentLiabilities |  |
Federal Signal Technologies |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss before income taxes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (18.4)us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationIncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationBeforeIncomeTax / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fss_FederalSignalTechnologiesMember |
Working Capital Adjustment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds from sale agreement | 5.9 us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfBusiness / us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis = fss_WorkingCapitalAdjustmentMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds from sale agreement | 82.1 us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfBusiness / us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis = us-gaap_CashMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Escrow |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds from sale agreement | 22.0 us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfBusiness / us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis = fss_EscrowMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other current assets [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Escrow receivable |  |  | $ 7.8 us-gaap_EscrowDeposit / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_OtherCurrentAssetsMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 7.8 us-gaap_EscrowDeposit / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_OtherCurrentAssetsMember |  |  |
[1] | Income from continuing operations includes a tax benefit of $6.7 million associated with the release of valuation allowance previously recorded against the Company’s foreign tax credits, which would have begun to expire in 2015, following the completion of a tax planning strategy, as well as $1.2 million of restructuring charges.

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