FEDERAL SIGNAL NAMES JOE JOHNSON EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR ELGIN SWEEPER AND VACTOR MANUFACTURING IN ALBERTA AND QUEBEC

ELGIN, Ill. (Dec. 8, 2006) — Federal Signal Environmental Products Group is pleased to announce that effective Jan. 1, 2007, Joe Johnson Equipment Inc., headquartered in Barrie, Ontario, will become the authorized sales and service dealer for Elgin Sweeper and Vactor Manufacturing in the provinces of Alberta and Quebec in Canada.

"We are extremely pleased to be expanding our dealer relationship with Joe Johnson Equipment as we continue to serve our customers in North America," said Mike Higgins, vice president of sales for Federal Signal Environmental Products Group. "Joe Johnson Equipment is an authorized sales and service dealer for Elgin and Vactor in locations throughout Canada — as well as two locations in the state of New York in the United States — and we are confident they will do an outstanding job representing the Elgin and Vactor brands in Alberta and Quebec."

"Our company has been selling and supporting Elgin sweepers and Vactor combination sewer cleaners, jetters and HXX HydroExcavators to the municipal and contractor market in North America for many years, so we are very proud to have the opportunity to now serve in that same capacity in Alberta and Quebec," said Joe Johnson Jr., president, Joe Johnson Equipment Inc.

According to Johnson, new state-of-the-art facilities will be open in Alberta and Quebec in early 2007. "With our new facilities in these additional provinces, we will be able to provide the same high level of sales, service and parts support for the Elgin and Vactor brands in Alberta and Quebec that we offer at our other locations in North America," Johnson said.

Joe Johnson Equipment Inc. is a family-owned business that specializes in municipal and contractor equipment for snow and ice control, hydroexcavation, sewer cleaning, road maintenance and refuse and recycling collection, as well as after sales parts and service. In addition to the new locations in Alberta and Quebec, the company has facilities in Barrie, Halifax, Ottawa and Winnipeg in Canada, as well as in Buffalo and Rochester in New York.

Elgin Sweeper products are the sweepers of choice for a variety of general street maintenance, special industrial and airport applications. With more than 90 years of experience, Elgin Sweeper offers municipalities, contractors and industries the most sweeper options, using the latest sweeping technologies—mechanical, pure vacuum, regenerative air, alternative fuel and waterless dust control. For more information, visit www.elginsweeper.com.

The industry leader in sewer and catch basin cleaners for more than 45 years, Vactor Manufacturing produces a wide range of combination sewer cleaners and jetters for sewer line maintenance, as well as specialty products including the HXX HydroExcavator and the Glycol Recovery Vehicle. For more information, visit www.vactor.com.

The Federal Signal Environmental Products Group includes Elgin Sweeper, Guzzler Manufacturing, Jetstream of Houston, LLP, Ravo and Vactor Manufacturing. Federal Signal Corporation is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol FSS. For more information, visit www.federalsignal.com.

For more information, contact:

Annette Adams                                            Tim Montgomery
Elgin Sweeper                                             Cooper Hong Inc.
847/741-5370                                              630/377-2555
aadams@elginsweeper.com                   tmontgomery@cooperhong.com