As it turns out, the above answerer posted while I was typing. I completely agree with her answer...
The firemen are there to keep people happy by making sure they don't have to think too much.
Beatty tells Montag this when he gives him a long speech at Montag's house after they have burned the old woman along with her books.
Beatty tells Montag that books made too many people unhappy by forcing them to think, or by telling them things they didn't want to hear. THat's why Beatty tells Montag that
We stand against the small tide of those who want to make everyone unhappy with conflicting theory and thought.
The firemen, along with things like the parlour walls, keep people from having to think because thinking would make them unhappy.
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