We know that drones can take lives, but maybe they can save them, too.

Coquitlam Search and Rescue (SAR) in B.C. wants to run a pilot project to see how drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), might help volunteers find people lost in the wilderness.

"It’s pretty obvious to us that if you put a camera up in the sky, you can see more than you can on the ground," Mike Coyle, a software engineer and Coquitlam SAR manager, told The Huffington Post B.C.

The two-year project, which Coyle has presented to the B.C. Search and Rescue Association (BCSARA), would see the sophisticated, remote-control choppers used in searches, as well as guidelines set for how the unmanned vehicles should be used.

Coquitlam SAR began researching drones in late 2012. It eventually formed a partnership with North Guardian UAV Services, a Vancouver-based company.

In a test last September, the company set up a station in the back of a vehicle and flew the drone to look for a dummy, obtaining live, high-definition video from above, North Guardian owner Paul Baur told HuffPost B.C.

"We'll review the footage in real time as the drone's up in the air and be able to look for any clues as far as movements on the ground that are not normal for that terrain or that area," he said.

Check out North Guardian's drones in action: