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EFJ, Inc. Receives P25 Radio Order from Alaska EFJohnson Subsidiary's 2004 Alaska Business Exceeds $3.6 Million WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EFJ, Inc. (NASDAQ:EFJI) announced that its EFJohnson subsidiary has received an additional order from the Fairbanks North Star Borough in Alaska. Under this order, the company will provide the borough with its Project 25 portable radios. "We are very pleased with our continued success in Alaska," said Michael E. Jalbert, chairman and chief executive officer of EFJ, Inc. "The region's growing confidence in our solutions further demonstrates that we provide an excellent choice in Project 25 communications for first responders." In early July, the company announced an order from the Fairbanks North Star Borough. Similar to the July order, this was purchased under the Western States Contracting Alliance (WSCA) vehicle. "Our business year to date from federal, state and local customers in Alaska totals more than $3.6 million, and we continue to see benefit from the Alaska Land Mobile Radio project," added Jalbert. About EFJohnson EFJohnson provides digital Project 25 compliant interoperable wireless communications systems solutions for federal, state and local agencies involved with homeland security and public safety. EFJohnson, founded in 1923, was one of the first developers of wireless communications products to be fully compliant with federal government interoperability specifications. The company designs, manufactures, and markets conventional and trunked radio systems, land mobile radio repeaters and mobile and portable radios. For more information, visit http://www.efjohnson.com/ . About EFJ, Inc. EFJ, Inc is the Washington, DC based parent company to industry-leading wireless telecommunications solutions businesses. EFJ, Inc. is home to the EFJohnson Company, one of the first developers of Project 25 mobile communications products compliant with federal government interoperability standards, and Transcrypt International, a leader in secure voice communication solutions. EFJohnson and Transcrypt International are wholly owned subsidiaries of EFJ, Inc. For more information, visit http://www.efji.com/ . Certain matters discussed in this press release constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements relate to, among other matters, anticipated sales growth. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed, suggested or implied by the forward-looking statements due to a number of risk factors including, but not limited to, the level of demand for EFJ's products and services, the timely procurement of necessary manufacturing components, dependence on continued funding of governmental agency programs, and other risks detailed in EFJ's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003. EFJ undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. DATASOURCE: EFJ, Inc. CONTACT: Jim Stark of EFJ, Inc., 1-800-295-1772, ; or Kevin Nolan of EFJohnson Company, +1-202-772-5441, Web site: http://www.efji.com/

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