(AP) — The city of Omaha and the Omaha firefighters union have reached a deal that will cut paramedic trainees, but avoids layoffs next year.

The office of Mayor Jean Stothert (STAH’-thurt) announced Wednesday that an agreement had been reached that put the Omaha Fire Department on target to reach its 2014 budget of nearly $91 million.

The deal cuts the January 2014 paramedics training class from 24 to nine and eliminates the June 2014 class. It also cuts the December 2014 class cut to nine from 24.

In exchange, the city guarantees no layoffs in 2014. The layoff protection will expire when a new labor agreement is reached for 2015 or — in the absence of an agreement — a state labor board establishes new firefighter employment terms and conditions