Federal Signal to Open Sixth FS Solutions Center


Newest Center Located in Gonzales, La.

GONZALES, La. (Oct. 31, 2008) - Federal Signal Environmental Solutions Group has announced that it will open its sixth FS Solutions center in Gonzales, La., on Nov. 10, 2008, as the company continues to increase product, service and training offerings to industrial cleaning contractors and other industry professionals. The new center, located at 3111 S. Darla Avenue, will stock high performance parts and accessories for Federal Signal's Jetstream brand of waterblasters, as well as other makes and models of waterblasters. The FS Solutions center will also offer customers the opportunity to rent to own equipment and will sell used waterblasters.

"FS Solutions centers - like the new Gonzales location - provide the repairs, rentals, used equipment, parts and accessories and training our customers need to run their equipment more profitably," said Bryce Mulligan, rental manager for FS Solutions. "For customers interested in safety and improved productivity, the Gonzales FS Solutions center will offer waterblast safety training."

To help customers in Louisiana and the Gulf Coast area with their waterblast rental needs, the Gonzales center is staffed by knowledgeable employees with significant waterblasting experience. A customer looking for an extra waterblaster for a short-term or seasonal contract can choose from a full line of Jetstream units at the new Gonzales center - and FS Solutions will deliver the unit directly to the jobsite. Additional FS Solutions centers are located in Birmingham, Ala.; Long Beach, Calif.; Houston, Texas; Toledo, Ohio; and Streator, Ill.

All FS Solutions locations provide access to factory-trained, certified technicians and genuine OEM parts. "FS Solutions customers look to our sales staff and service training technicians for recommendations and solutions to the unique challenges of their particular applications," Mulligan said. "Whether it's a contractor looking for faster, more cost-effective ways to perform cleaning operations or a business that can benefit from application expertise, equipment evaluations or training, we're providing solutions."

With nearly 100 years of collective experience in industrial vacuum loading, sewer and catch basin cleaning, vacuum excavation and industrial high-pressure waterblasting, FS Solutions offers unsurpassed expertise and a unique breadth of product lines and trusted brands to meet the needs of industrial cleaning contractors and other industry professionals. For more information about products and services available from the FS Solutions centers or to find the nearest location, call 800/627-3171 ext. 298, or visit www.fssolutionsgroup.com.

Federal Signal Corporation (NYSE: FSS) is a leader in advancing security and well-being for communities and workplaces around the world. The company designs and manufactures a suite of products and integrated solutions for municipal, governmental, industrial and airport customers. Federal Signal's portfolio of trusted, high-priority products include Bronto aerial devices, Elgin and Ravo street sweepers, Federal Signal safety and security systems, Guzzler industrial vacuums, Jetstream waterblasters and Vactor sewer cleaners and vacuum excavators. Federal Signal was founded in 1901 and is based in Oak Brook, Ill. For more information, visit www.federalsignal.com

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