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Segment Information - Summary of Net Sales, Operating Income (Loss), and Total Assets by Segment (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total net sales	$ 221.6us-gaap_Revenues	$ 200.2us-gaap_Revenues
Total operating income	24.8us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	12.8us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Interest expense	0.6us-gaap_InterestExpense	1.0us-gaap_InterestExpense
Other expense, net	0.9us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	0us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income before income taxes	23.3us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	11.8us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Total identifiable assets	649.0us-gaap_Assets		658.7us-gaap_Assets
Discontinued Operations [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total identifiable assets	4.2us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementOperatingActivitiesSegmentAxis = us-gaap_SegmentDiscontinuedOperationsMember		4.2us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementOperatingActivitiesSegmentAxis = us-gaap_SegmentDiscontinuedOperationsMember
Continuing Operations [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total identifiable assets	644.8us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementOperatingActivitiesSegmentAxis = us-gaap_SegmentContinuingOperationsMember		654.5us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementOperatingActivitiesSegmentAxis = us-gaap_SegmentContinuingOperationsMember
Corporate and Eliminations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total operating income	(6.0)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = fss_CorporateAndEliminationsMember	(5.9)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = fss_CorporateAndEliminationsMember
Total identifiable assets	57.3us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = fss_CorporateAndEliminationsMember		68.0us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = fss_CorporateAndEliminationsMember
Environmental Solutions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total net sales	140.2us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fss_EnvironmentalSolutionsMember	120.7us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fss_EnvironmentalSolutionsMember
Total operating income	23.9us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fss_EnvironmentalSolutionsMember	15.2us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fss_EnvironmentalSolutionsMember
Total identifiable assets	273.6us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fss_EnvironmentalSolutionsMember		254.2us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fss_EnvironmentalSolutionsMember
Safety And Security Systems
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total net sales	56.3us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fss_SafetyAndSecuritySystemsMember	55.0us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fss_SafetyAndSecuritySystemsMember
Total operating income	6.6us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fss_SafetyAndSecuritySystemsMember	4.3us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fss_SafetyAndSecuritySystemsMember
Total identifiable assets	203.6us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fss_SafetyAndSecuritySystemsMember		208.3us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fss_SafetyAndSecuritySystemsMember
Fire Rescue
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total net sales	25.1us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fss_FireRescueMember	24.5us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fss_FireRescueMember
Total operating income	0.3us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fss_FireRescueMember	(0.8)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fss_FireRescueMember
Total identifiable assets	$ 110.3us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fss_FireRescueMember		$ 124.0us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fss_FireRescueMember

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