CIRCUMFERENTIALLY CONTINUOUS, FIRE SUPPRESSING, DIELECTRIC SLEEVE

A sleeve for protecting an elongate member, including a bus-bar of a battery pack, and method of construction thereof are provided. The sleeve includes a textile wall having a circumferentially continuous outer surface extending along a longitudinal axis between opposite open ends. The textile wall is formed at least in part by multifilament flame-resistant yarn. An impervious, flame-resistant coating is bonded to an outer surface of the circumferentially continuous textile wall.