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Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands						1 Months Ended							2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		4 Months Ended		7 Months Ended		10 Months Ended	12 Months Ended							13 Months Ended	36 Months Ended			72 Months Ended
	May. 04, 2015 Case	May. 04, 2015 Plaintiff	Apr. 24, 2015 Plaintiff	Jan. 12, 2015 Plaintiff	Nov. 30, 2012 Plaintiff	Aug. 31, 2015 Case case	Feb. 28, 2015 Plaintiff	Jan. 31, 2015 Plaintiff Case case	Dec. 31, 2014 Plaintiff	Mar. 31, 2014 Plaintiff	Dec. 31, 2012 Plaintiff	Nov. 30, 2011 Plaintiff	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) Case	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) Plaintiff	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2013 Plaintiff	Apr. 22, 2011 Plaintiff	Nov. 30, 2016 plaintiff	Oct. 31, 2012 Plaintiff Case	Mar. 31, 2014 case	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) plaintiff	Apr. 22, 2011 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($) Plaintiff	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($) plaintiff	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2009 USD ($) Plaintiff plaintiff Case case	Dec. 31, 2008 Plaintiff	Jun. 30, 2014 case	Dec. 31, 2009 Plaintiff Case case	Dec. 31, 2009 Plaintiff Case case	Dec. 31, 2009 Plaintiff Case case	Dec. 31, 2004 plaintiff case	Jan. 31, 2016 Case	Apr. 29, 2011	Jan. 04, 2011 Plaintiff
Commitments Disclosure [Line Items]
Payments for repurchase of common stock \| $														$ 16,300	$ 3,600
Amount outstanding standby letters of credit \| $														22,100
Reserves related to environmental remediation \| $													$ 900	700
Number of additional cases filed by firefighters \| Case													28
Number of plaintiffs \| Case													227
Loss Contingency, New Claims Filed, Number \| Case	41
Number of plaintiffs cases dismissed					2
Reimbursement \| $														$ 100	$ 100
Minimum
Commitments Disclosure [Line Items]
Warranty maturity periods														1 year
Maximum
Commitments Disclosure [Line Items]
Warranty maturity periods														5 years
Circuit Court Of Cook County
Commitments Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of additional cases filed by firefighters \| case																										6			6	6	6	33
Number of plaintiffs \| plaintiff																					74											2,443
Number of cases of plaintiff's claims																											27
Number of claimants settled																																			308
Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Commitments Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of additional cases filed by firefighters \| Case																										71			71	71	71
Number of plaintiffs																													71
Loss Contingency, Claims Dismissed, Number \| Case																														3
Number of cases of plaintiff's claims																														4	3
Damages maximum amount \| $																									$ 100
Damages subsequently reduced, minimum amount \| $																							$ 80	$ 80	$ 80
Number of claimants settled																																			1,125
Settlement Agreement
Commitments Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of plaintiffs																	1,069
Claims settled amount \| $																					$ 3,800
Percentage of claimants agreed for settlement																	95.02%					95.02%												93.00%
Percentage of claimants agreed for settlement as per settlement agreement																																		100.00%
Settlement Agreement payment made \| $																						$ (3,600)
Supreme Court of Kings County New York
Commitments Disclosure [Line Items]
Loss Contingency, New Claims Filed, Number														4
Latvian Commercial Dispute [Member]
Commitments Disclosure [Line Items]
Loss Contingency, Loss in Period \| $														$ 1,500
Litigation Settlement, Percent of Legal Fees														50.00%
Litigation Settlement, Percentage of Legal Fees Excluded														50.00%
Outside Chicago Firefighter Plaintiffs
Commitments Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of plaintiffs				1,800
Outside Chicago Firefighter Plaintiffs \| Circuit Court Of Cook County
Commitments Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of plaintiffs \| plaintiff																																1,800
Pennsylvania Firefighter Plaintiffs \| Circuit Court Of Cook County
Commitments Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of plaintiffs \| plaintiff																										299
Chicago Firefighter Plaintiffs
Commitments Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of additional cases filed by firefighters																										40			40	40	40
Number of plaintiffs					3						3	8
Chicago Firefighter Plaintiffs \| Minimum
Commitments Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of plaintiffs \| plaintiff																										9
Chicago Firefighter Plaintiffs \| Maximum
Commitments Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of plaintiffs																										40
Chicago Firefighter Plaintiffs \| Circuit Court Of Cook County
Commitments Disclosure [Line Items]
Plaintiff's counsel later moved to reduce the number of plaintiff																										9
Claims settled amount \| $																										$ 400
Philadelphia Firefighter Plaintiffs \| Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Commitments Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of additional cases filed by firefighters \| Case																			20
Number of plaintiffs								70	3										20				9	9
Loss Contingency, Claims Dismissed, Number \| case																				5
Loss Contingency, New Claims Filed, Number \| Case						9		2
Loss Contingency, Number of Cases Scheduled \| case																												7
District of Columbia Firefighter Plaintiffs \| Federal Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Commitments Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of plaintiffs \| case						193		11
Loss Contingency, New Claims Filed, Number \| Case								1
Pittsburgh Firefighter Plaintiffs \| Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Commitments Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of plaintiffs																247
Loss Contingency, Claims Dismissed, Number																55
Erie County Firefighter Plaintiffs \| Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Commitments Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of plaintiffs										61
Loss Contingency, Claims Dismissed, Number										33
Buffalo Firefighter Plaintiffs \| Supreme Court of State of New York Erie County
Commitments Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of plaintiffs														193
Loss Contingency, New Claims Filed, Number														20
New York City Firefighter Plaintiffs \| Supreme Court of State of New York, New York County
Commitments Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of plaintiffs			8				1
New Jersey Firefighter Plaintiffs \| Superior Court of New Jersey, Union County [Member]
Commitments Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of plaintiffs		34
Scenario, Forecast [Member] \| Pittsburgh Firefighter Plaintiffs \| Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Commitments Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of plaintiffs \| plaintiff																		8
Guarantee Obligations [Member]
Commitments Disclosure [Line Items]
Remainin potential cash payment the Company would be liable for \| $														$ 6,200
New Jersey Firefighter Plaintiffs
Commitments Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of additional cases filed by firefighters \| Case																																	3